complementophile

English

Etymology

From complement +‎ -o- +‎ -phile.

Adjective

complementophile (not comparable)

1. (immunology, dated) Having a tendency to react with and bind to the complements in the blood.

   Coordinate term: cytophile

   • 1910, Paul Ehrlich, Studies in Immunity, page 112:

     With the means at present at our disposal it is impossible, except in a few favorable cases, to determine whether this plurality of complementophile groups corresponds exactly to a like plurality of cytophile groups.

Alternative forms

• complementophil

Related terms

• complementophilic