allogeneic

al·lo·ge·ne·ic | \ ˌa-lō-jə-ˈnē-ik

variants: or less commonly allogenic \ ˌa-lō-ˈje-nik

Definition of allogeneic

1 usually allogeneic : involving, derived from, or being individuals of the same species that are sufficiently unlike genetically to interact antigenically allogeneic stem cells allogeneic marrow transplantation — compare syngeneic

2 allogenic : caused by the action or influence of abiotic environmental factors … allogenic (disturbance) processes, such as flooding and sediment deposition patterns, in addition to wind events.— Brian Lockhart et al.

Examples of allogeneic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The rest get allogeneic transplants, where donors can include siblings or unrelated donors determined to be a match. — Ron Winslow, WSJ, "New Promise for Bone-Marrow Transplants," 28 May 2018 The company is taking over Pfizer Inc.’s collaboration and license agreement with Cellectis to develop a series of allogeneic CAR-T therapies, including UCART19, a blood cancer drug in Phase I clinical trials. — Brian Gormley, WSJ, "Former Kite Pharma Executives Raise $300 Million in New Gig," 3 Apr. 2018

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History and Etymology for allogeneic

alteration of allogenic, from allo- + -genic

Note: The word allogenic as a term in genetics was introduced by the British immunologist Peter A. Gorer (1907-61) in the article "Transplantese," Annals of the New York Academy of Science, vol. 87, no. 1 (May, 1960), pp. 604-606. In a subsequent article (P. A. Gorer, et al., "Proposed revisions of 'Transplantese'," Nature, vol. 189, no. 4769 (March 25, 1961), pp. 1024-25), the suggestion is made that allogenic be changed to allogeneic to avoid confusion with allergenic. The later article also introduces syngeneic as a synonym for earlier isogenic.

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