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idiotypy

idiotypy noun: the immune recognition of one ideotype by a system sensitized to other ideotypes in the same group.

Noun

idiotypy (uncountable)

  1. The immune recognition of one ideotype by a system sensitized to other ideotypes in the same group.
    • Idiotypy was first recognized serologically by use of antisera prepared in animals of the same species2012, Frank Putnam, The Plasma Proteins V3: Structure, Function, and Genetic Control, →ISBN
    • The ontogeny of natural ids and anti-ids is another area in need of more detailed study, but it seems that idiotypy may appear during the formative stages of repertoire selection, even before contact with foreign antigens.2014, Argyrios N Theofilopoulos, Constantin A. Bona, The Molecular Pathology of Autoimmune Diseases, →ISBN, page 364
  2. The study or use of ideotypes within medicine.
    • Today a new dimension in idiotypy is developing, which has the potential of broad applications in biology medicine.1984, Heinz Köhler, Jacques Urbain, Pierre-André Cazenave, Idiotypy in Biology and Medicine, →ISBN, page xix

Origin of idiotypy

From ideotype + -y.

Questions about idiotypy

What does idiotypy mean?
Idiotypy means the immune recognition of one ideotype by a system sensitized to other ideotypes in the same group.
What part of speech is idiotypy?
Idiotypy is a noun.

Words near idiotypy in the dictionary

  1. Idiotville
  2. idiotype
  3. idiotypes
  4. idiotypic
  5. idiotypically
  6. idiotypy
  7. idioventricular
  8. Idis
  9. IDism
  10. IDist
  11. Idistic

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