syngeneic
Meaning of syngeneic
adjective
- (of organisms or cells) genetically similar or identical and hence immunologically compatible, especially so closely related that transplantation does not provoke an immune response.
the rejection by an animal of a syngeneic tumour graft proves that the tumour cells carry their own specific antigens
1960s: from syn- ‘together’ + Greek genea ‘race, stock’ + -ic.
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Hyphenation of syngeneic
syn-geneic
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- syngeneic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with syngeneic
allogeneic, autogeneic, isogeneic, lipogeneic, xenogeneic, lineic, anapneic, apneic, dyspneic, eupneic, hyperpneic, hypopneic, orthopneic, polypneic, tachypneic, thermopolypneic
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