alloimmune

English

Etymology

From allo- +‎ immune.

Adjective

alloimmune (not comparable)

1. (pathology) Characterized by alloimmunity, which is immunity, obtained from a tissue graft from another person, against one's own cells.

   an alloimmune disorder

Synonyms

• isoimmune (in which the iso- prefix for "same" refers to the same species (but another individual thereof))

Derived terms

• alloimmunity
• alloimmunization

Translations

characterized by alloimmunity

• Portuguese: aloimune