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homocytotropic

homocytotropic adjective: affecting cells of the species in which it originated.

Adjective

homocytotropic (not comparable)

  1. Affecting cells of the species in which it originated.
    • The recent observation that a heat labile human immunoglobulin, IgE , could mediate the release of both histamine and SRS-Aᵐᵒⁿᵏᵉʸ from primate lung slices (Ishizaka et al., 1969), prompted a re-examination of the biologic activity of rat heat labile homocytotropic antibody.1969, Robert P. Orange, K. Frank Austen, “Slow Reacting Substance of Anaphylaxis”, in Advances in Immunology - Volume 10, page 144

Origin of homocytotropic

From homo- + cytotropic.

Questions about homocytotropic

What does homocytotropic mean?
Homocytotropic means affecting cells of the species in which it originated.
What part of speech is homocytotropic?
Homocytotropic is an adjective.

Words near homocytotropic in the dictionary

  1. homocysteinylations
  2. homocystinuria
  3. homocystinurias
  4. homocystinuric
  5. homocytometer
  6. homocytotropic
  7. homodecamer
  8. homodecameric
  9. homodecamers
  10. homodeletion
  11. homodeletions

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