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histocompatibility
  • n  condition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissue
    a successful graft or transplant requires a high degree of histocompatibility
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histocompatibility complex
  • n  a 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
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histogram
  • n  a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies
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histoincompatibility
  • n  incompatibility in which one person's tissue cannot be transplanted to another person
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histologist
  • n  anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues
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histology
  • n  the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues
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histone
  • n  a simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids; present in cell nuclei in association with nucleic acids
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historian
  • n  a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
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historic period
  • n  an era of history having some distinctive feature
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historical document
  • n  writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)
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historical paper
  • n  writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)
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historical present
  • n  the use of the present tense to describe past actions or states
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historical record
  • n  writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)
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historical school
  • n  a school of 19th century German economists and legal philosophers who tried to explain modern economic systems in evolutionary or historical terms
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historicalness
  • n  the state of having in fact existed in the past
  • n  significance owing to its history
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