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heterophile

heterophile adjective: able to react immunologically with material from another species.

Adjective

heterophile (not comparable)

  1. Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
    Antonyms:
    homophile, homophil
  2. (dated) Heterosexual.

Noun

heterophile (plural heterophiles)

  1. A heterophilic antibody.
    Antonyms:
    homophile, homophil
  2. (dated) A heterosexual person.

Antonyms of heterophile

Forms of heterophile

Adjective
alternative formheterophil
Noun
pluralheterophiles

Origin of heterophile

From hetero- + -phile.

Words formed from heterophile

Questions about heterophile

What does heterophile mean?
Heterophile means able to react immunologically with material from another species.
What part of speech is heterophile?
Heterophile can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near heterophile in the dictionary

  1. heterophenomenological
  2. heterophenomenologically
  3. heterophenomenologies
  4. heterophenomenology
  5. heterophil
  6. heterophile
  7. heterophiles
  8. heterophilia
  9. heterophilic
  10. heterophilically
  11. heterophilous

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