Definition of histocompatibility antigen in English:
histocompatibility antigen
noun
Any of the cell-surface antigens involved in the determination of histocompatibility; especially any antigen of the major histocompatibility complex (the HLA system in humans and H-2 system in mice).
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science.
Definition of histocompatibility antigen in US English:
histocompatibility antigen
noun
Any of the cell-surface antigens involved in the determination of histocompatibility; especially any antigen of the major histocompatibility complex (the HLA system in humans and H-2 system in mice).
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science.