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complementophil

complementophil is the alternative form of complementophile.

Meaning of complementophile

Adjective

complementophile (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Having a tendency to react with and bind to the complements in the blood.
    • With the means at present at our disposal it is impossible, except in a few favorable cases, to determine whether this plurality of complementophile groups corresponds exactly to a like plurality of cytophile groups.1910, Paul Ehrlich, Studies in Immunity, page 112

Questions about complementophil

What is complementophil the alternative form of?
Complementophil is the alternative form of complementophile.

Words near complementophil in the dictionary

  1. complementologist
  2. complementologists
  3. complementology
  4. complementopathies
  5. complementopathy
  6. complementophil
  7. complementophile
  8. complementor
  9. complementors
  10. complements
  11. completability

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