Medical Definition of Hypervariable region

1. Those regions of the heavy or light chains of immunoglobulins in which there is considerable sequence diversity within that set of immunoglobulins in a single individual. These regions specify the antigen affinity of each antibody. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypervariable Region

hypertrophying
hypertropia
hypertypical
hypertyrosinaemia
hyperuracil thyminuria
hyperurbanism
hyperurbanisms
hyperuresis
hyperuricaemia
hyperuricaemic
hyperuricemia
hyperuricemias
hyperuricuria
hypervaccination
hypervalinaemia
hypervariable region (current term)
hypervariable regions
hypervascular
hypervascular liver metastases
hypervelocities
hypervelocity
hyperventilate
hyperventilate
hyperventilated
hyperventilates
hyperventilation
hyperventilation
hyperventilation test
hyperventilation tetany
hypervigilance

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