See Also: allo-(medicine)
allo-(dictionary)

allo- (iou)



allo- combining form.
[Greek, from allos other, different: see -O-.]
Forming words with the sense 'other, different'; spec. in Genetics, used in comb. with -PLOID (and also -ploidy) to refer to hybrid individuals whose chromosome sets are derived from different species (cf. AUTO-1), as allodiploid, allopolyploid, etc.
alloantibody noun (Immunology) = ISOANTIBODY M20.
alloantigen noun (Immunology) = ISOANTIGEN M20.
allo'centric adjective centred in external objects, interested in objects for themselves E20.
a'llogamy noun (Botany) cross-fertilization L19.
allograft noun & verb trans. (Medicine) (a) graft between genetically dissimilar individuals of the same species M20.
allogrooming noun (Zoology) grooming of an animal by another of the same species M20.
allo'patric adjective [Greek patra fatherland] (Biology) (of species, speciation, etc.) occurring in different areas; not overlapping in distribution: M20.
allo'patrically adverb (Biology) by means of allopatric speciation; in physical isolation: M20.
a'llopatry noun (Biology) allopatric speciation; the occurrence of allopatric forms: M20.
allo'purinol noun [PURINE, -OL] Pharmacology a synthetic purine which inhibits uric acid formation in the body and is used to treat gout and related conditions M20.
allo'steric adjective (Biochemistry) of, pertaining to, or characterized by the alteration of the activity of an enzyme by means of a conformational change induced by a different molecule M20.
allosterically adverb (Biochemistry) in an allosteric manner M20.
allostery noun (Biochemistry) allosteric behaviour M20.
allo'tetraploid adjective & noun (Genetics) (designating) an individual with two diploid sets of chromosomes, each from different species M20.
allo'tetraploidy noun (Genetics) the condition of being allotetraploid M20.