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crossreactive

adj

Etymology

From cross- + reactive.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti✻
  2. derived from ācta
  3. derived from acte
  4. inherited from acte
  5. prefixed as react — “re + act”
  6. formed as reactive — “react + -ive”
  7. formed as crossreactive — “cross- + reactive”

Definitions

  1. Describing a reaction between an antigen and an antibody that was formed to counteract a…

    Describing a reaction between an antigen and an antibody that was formed to counteract a different (often similar) antigen

The neighborhood

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