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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

HLA, [Immunol.]

Immunology, Geneticshuman leukocyte antigen: any of a complex of genetically determined antigens, occurring on the surface of almost every human cell, by which one person's cells can be distinguished from another's and the histocompatibility and genetic likeness of any two persons can be established: the major histocompatibility antigen of humans. Cf. MHC.

1965–70

'HLA' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

genetic marker - HLA antigen - HLA gene - human leukocyte antigen - MHC

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