allogeneous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

New Latin based on Ancient Greek. By surface analysis, allo- +‎ -gen- +‎ -eous.

Adjective[edit]

allogeneous (comparative more allogeneous, superlative most allogeneous)

  1. different in nature or kind.
  2. (medicine) From a nonself donor of the same species.

Synonyms[edit]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for allogeneous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)