HyperDic: histocompatibility_complex

English > 1 sense of the expression histocompatibility complex:
NOUNgrouphistocompatibility complexa family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response
English > histocompatibility complex: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response.
Broaderclass, category, familyA collection of things sharing a common attribute

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