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compatible

One entry found for compatible.
Main Entry: com·pat·i·ble
Pronunciation: kschwam-primarystresspat-schwa-bschwal
Function: adjective
1 : capable of existing together in a satisfactory relationship (as marriage)
2 : capable of being used in transfusion or grafting without immunological reaction (as agglutination or tissue rejection) <treatment of hemophilia by transfusion of compatible blood>
3 of medications : capable of being administered jointly without interacting to produce deleterious effects or impairing their respective actions
- com·pat·i·bil·i·ty /-secondarystresspat-schwa-primarystressbil-schwat-emacron/ noun, plural -ties