See Also: ABO incompatibility(medicine)
Rh incompatibility(health)
self incompatibility(medicine)
incompatibility(dictionary)
incompatibility(medicine)
drug incompatibility(medicine)
therapeutic incompatibility(medicine)
Rhesus incompatibility(medicine)
physiologic incompatibility(medicine)
blood group incompatibility(medicine)

incompatibility (iou)



incompatibility noun. E17.
[French incompatibilite, from incompatible, formed as INCOMPATIBLE: see -ITY.]
The property or condition of being incompatible. E17.
b. Biology & Medicine. The incapacity of cells or tissues of one individual to tolerate those of another when a union between them is attempted, esp. in grafting and transplantation, in blood transfusion, and in parasitism. E20.
Woman's Own The Rhesus incompatibility which can affect their babies.
c. Biology. Inability to produce viable offspring despite the bringing together of fertile gametes; now esp. such inability occurring among conspecific individuals (as in many fungi and angiosperms). E20.
An incompatible thing or quality; an instance of being incompatible. L17.
New Yorker Divorce for trivial incompatibilities continues to offend.