complementophile
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]complement + -o- + -phile
Adjective
[edit]complementophile (not comparable)
- (immunology, dated) Having a tendency to react with and bind to the complements in the blood.
- Coordinate term: cytophile
- 1910, Paul Ehrlich, Studies in Immunity, page 112:
- With the means at present at our disposal it is impossible, except in a few favorable cases, to determine whether this plurality of complementophile groups corresponds exactly to a like plurality of cytophile groups.