Definition of Incompatibility

1. Noun. The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time.

Exact synonyms: Inconsistency, Mutual Exclusiveness, Repugnance
Generic synonyms: Contradictoriness
Derivative terms: Incompatible, Repugn

2. Noun. (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue).

3. Noun. The quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination.
Specialized synonyms: Conflict, Incongruity, Incongruousness
Generic synonyms: Characteristic
Antonyms: Compatibility
Derivative terms: Incompatible, Incompatible, Incompatible

Definition of Incompatibility

1. n. The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.

Definition of Incompatibility

1. Noun. The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incompatibility

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Incompatibility

1. The quality of being incompatible. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incompatibility

incomparabilities
incomparability
incomparable
incomparably
incompared
incompatibilism
incompatibilist
incompatibilists
incompatibilities
incompatibility
incompatible
incompatible blood transfusion reaction
incompatibleness
incompatibles
incompatibly
incompetant cervix
incompetence
incompetences
incompetencies
incompetency
incompetent
incompetent cervical os
incompetent cervix
incompetent person

Literary usage of Incompatibility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1920)
"Incompatibility This is prevented only by great care and simplicity. ... Therapeutic incompatibility occurs when drugs are combined which have antagonistic ..."

2. A Complete handbook for the Hospital Corps of the U.S. Army and Navy and by Charles Field Mason (1906)
"Incompatibility. Incompatibility of drugs means unfitness for combination ... In chemical incompatibility a chemical reaction takes place resulting in the ..."

3. A Treatise on Pharmacy for Students and Pharmacists by Charles Caspari, Evander Francis Kelly (1920)
"Pharmaceutical Incompatibility.—Pharmaceutical incompatibility is such as affects ... The changes due to pharmaceutical incompatibility, being entirely of a ..."

4. Modern Dental Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Including the by John Peter Buckley (1910)
"Incompatibility IN PRESCRIPTIONS. When two or more different substances are brought ... Incompatibility, so far as it applies to the combination (not the ..."

5. A Handbook of materia medica, pharmacy and therapeutics by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1901)
"Incompatibility. Incompatibility may be Chemical, Pharmaceutical or Therapeutical, ... In the first case the incompatibility may be unintentional or ..."

6. Materia Medica: Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing for by Walter Arthur Bastedo (1913)
"Incompatibility Incompatibility between two substances may be said to exist when ... "Incompatibility" is a bugaboo raised for the alarm of the prospective ..."

7. Materia Medica: Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing for by Walter Arthur Bastedo (1918)
"Incompatibility Incompatibility between two substances may be said to exist when ... "Incompatibility" is a bugaboo raised for the alarm of the prospective ..."

8. Veterinary Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Kenelm Winslow (1905)
"Incompatibility. Before entering upon the study of prescription writing, it is essential to consider the results of improper combination of drugs, ie, ..."

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