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heterophilia

heterophilia noun: ability to react immunologically with material from another species.

Noun

heterophilia (uncountable)

  1. Ability to react immunologically with material from another species.

Origin of heterophilia

From hetero- + -philia.

Questions about heterophilia

What does heterophilia mean?
Heterophilia means ability to react immunologically with material from another species.
What part of speech is heterophilia?
Heterophilia is a noun.

Words near heterophilia in the dictionary

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

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