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HLA

HLA is the abbreviation of human leukocyte antigen.

Meaning of human leukocyte antigen

Noun

human leukocyte antigen (plural human leukocyte antigens)

  1. a complex of genes on chromosome 6 in humans which encode cell-surface proteins responsible for the regulation of the immune system

Forms of HLA

pluralHLAs

Words formed from HLA

Questions about HLA

What is HLA the abbreviation of?
HLA is the abbreviation of human leukocyte antigen.

Words near HLA in the dictionary

  1. HKSAR
  2. HKT
  3. HKU
  4. HL
  5. HL7
  6. HLA
  7. Hladik
  8. Hladiks
  9. Hladki
  10. Hladkis
  11. hlaford

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Adapted from Wiktionary: HLA (page history and authors); human leukocyte antigen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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