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heterophilic

het·er·o·phil
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het-er-uh-fil]
    • /ˈhɛt ər ə fɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het-er-uh-fil]
    • /ˈhɛt ər ə fɪl/

Definitions of heterophilic word

  • adjective heterophilic Also, heterophilic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen. 1
  • noun heterophilic Cell Biology. a neutrophil. 1
See all 2 definitions of heterophilic

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Origin of heterophilic

First appearance:

before 1915
One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20; hetero- + -phil

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Parts of speech for Heterophilic

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Heterophilic

heterophilic popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

heterophilic usage trend in Literature

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