» incompatibility
Noun (3 meanings)
1. the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time.
incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency, repugnance
incompatibility is a type of:
- contradictoriness (noun) - the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist
incompatibility is derivationally related to:
- to contest, contend, repugn (verb) - to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
- discrepant, incompatible (adjective) - not compatible with other facts
2. (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue).
incompatibility is a type of:
- physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition (noun) - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
types of incompatibility:
- Rh incompatibility (noun) - incompatibility of Rh blood types
- histoincompatibility (noun) - incompatibility in which one person's tissue cannot be transplanted to another person
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- immunology (noun) - the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system
3. the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination.
incompatibility is the opposite of:
- compatibility (noun) - capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
incompatibility is a type of:
- characteristic (noun) - a distinguishing quality
types of incompatibility:
- conflict (noun) - an incompatibility of dates or events
- incongruity, incongruousness (noun) - the quality of disagreeing
incompatibility is derivationally related to:
- ill-sorted, incompatible, mismated, unsuited (adjective) - not easy to combine harmoniously
- incompatible (adjective) - not compatible
- uncongenial, incompatible (adjective) - not suitable to your tastes or needs