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allotypy

allotypy noun: the occurrence of multiple allotypes within a single individual.

Noun

allotypy (countable and uncountable, plural allotypies)

  1. The occurrence of multiple allotypes within a single individual.
    • Other allotypies have been found in 1961 by Benaceraff and Gell [32] in guinea-pigs, likewise in 1961 by Kelus and Moor-Jankowski in mice [219] and in baboons [220], in 1963 by Greuter and Butler [159] in Rhesus monkeys, ...1969, Rene Butler, Isoantigenicity of human plasma proteins - Volume 31, page 10
    • Since the differences in amino acid sequence associated with allotypy are small, rabbit IgG molecules of different allotype share most of their antigenic specificities.2014, Alfred Nisonoff, John E. Hopper, Susan B. Spring, The Antibody Molecule, →ISBN, page 346

Forms of allotypy

pluralallotypies

Origin of allotypy

From allotype + -y.

Questions about allotypy

What does allotypy mean?
Allotypy means the occurrence of multiple allotypes within a single individual.
What part of speech is allotypy?
Allotypy is a noun.
What is the plural of allotypy?
The plural of allotypy is allotypies.

Words near allotypy in the dictionary

  1. allotypic
  2. allotypical
  3. allotypically
  4. allotypies
  5. allotyping
  6. allotypy
  7. allou
  8. alloued
  9. Allouez
  10. allouing
  11. allovein

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