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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the genetically determined antigens on the surface of cell membranes that identify a cell as self or nonself and that determine whether a tissue graft will be accepted by an organ transplant recipient.
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- noun any of the
human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) which are thedeterminants of histocompatibility
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