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Meaning of "heterophile" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROPHILE

heterophile  [ˈhɛtərəˌfaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROPHILE

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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heterophile is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HETEROPHILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heterophile

Heterophile antibodies are antibodies induced by external antigens. Some cross-react with self-antigens. For example, in rheumatic fever, antibodies against group A streptococcal cell walls can also react with human heart tissues. These are considered heterophile antibodies. In clinical diagnosis, the heterophile antibody test specifically refers to a rapid test for antibodies produced against the Epstein-Barr virus, the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis. Heterophile antibodies can cause significant interference in any immunoassay. The presence of a heterophile antibody is characterized by broad reactivity with antibodies of other animal species. Such antibodies are commonly referred to as human anti-animal antibodies. Human anti-mouse antibodies belong to this category. They can create both false positive and false negative results. So-called 'sandwich' immunoassays are particularly susceptible to this interference. Heterophile antibodies may thus give false positives or false negatives. Both detecting and deterring this interference is difficult in clinical medicine. One option is to repeat the test using a different type of assay.

Definition of heterophile in the English dictionary

The definition of heterophile in the dictionary is a polymorphonuclear leukocyte in humans that may be stained with dyes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROPHILE


ailourophile
aɪˈluːrəˌfaɪl
ailurophile
aɪˈlʊərəˌfaɪl
barophile
ˈbærəˌfaɪl
basophile
ˈbeɪsəˌfaɪl
bibliophile
ˈbɪblɪəˌfaɪl
cartophile
ˈkɑːtəˌfaɪl
eosinophile
ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfaɪl
extremophile
ɪkˈstrɛməˌfaɪl
Germanophile
dʒɜːˈmænəˌfaɪl
homophile
ˈhəʊməˌfaɪl
logophile
ˈlɒɡəˌfaɪl
neutrophile
ˈnjuːtrəˌfaɪl
oenophile
ˈiːnəˌfaɪl
ombrophile
ˈɒmbrəˌfaɪl
quatrefeuille
ˈkætrəˌfaɪl
serafile
ˈsɛrəˌfaɪl
serrefile
ˈsɛrəˌfaɪl
siderophile
ˈsɪdərəˌfaɪl
xenophile
ˈzɛnəˌfaɪl
zoophile
ˈzəʊəˌfaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROPHILE

heteronym
heteronymous
heteronymously
Heteroousian
heterophil
heterophony
heterophyllous
heterophylly
heteroplasia
heteroplastic
heteroplasties
heteroplasty
heteroploid
heteroploidy
heteropod
heteropolar
heteropolarity
heteropolitan
heteropteran
heteropterous

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROPHILE

acidophile
amphiphile
Anglophile
audiophile
chile
cinephile
electrophile
Europhile
Francophile
halophile
hydrophile
mesophile
necrophile
nucleophile
paedophile
pedophile
Russophile
Sinophile
technophile
thermophile
videophile

Synonyms and antonyms of heterophile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heterophile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETEROPHILE

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The translations of heterophile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterophile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

异性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heterófilos
570 millions of speakers

English

heterophile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heterophile
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غيري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гетерофильный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heterófila
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heterophile
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hétérophiles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heterophile
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hetero
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

heterophile
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heterophile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heterophile
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

heterophile
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हीटरोफाइल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heterofil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esterofili
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heterofilnych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Гетерофільні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heterofil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ετερόφιλων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heterophile
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heterofila
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heterofile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterophile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROPHILE»

The term «heterophile» is normally little used and occupies the 145.994 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROPHILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heterophile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heterophile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heterophile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROPHILE»

Discover the use of heterophile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterophile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Essentials of Immunology and Serology
Glycophorin and Heterophile Antibodies Individuals in whom EBV infection leads to infectious mononucleosis may have antibodies to a red blood cell antigen tli, glycophorin). The production of these anti-red blood cell antibodies can result in  ...
Jacqueline Stanley, 2002
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A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
lymph nodes and stimulates increased heterophile antibody formation. IM occurs most often in young adults who have not been previously infected, through contact with infectious oropharyngeal secretions. Symptoms include fever, pharyngitis ...
Frances Talaska Fischbach, Marshall Barnett Dunning, 2009
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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Also, heterophony. heterophile see heterophile antibody. heterophile agglutination test Pathology, an assay of serum to find heterophile antibodies produced in infectious mononucleosis; a positive result produces agglutination of sheep red ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992
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Handbook of Adolescent Medicine and Health Promotion
The heterophile test may be negative, and the disease is somewhat milder in younger patients and in those with negative heterophile titers. Some serology, monospot or heterophile antibody, or specific EBV antibody tests should eventually ...
David M. Paperny, 2011
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MKSAP for Students 3: Medical Knowledge Self-assessment Program
The finding of atypical lymphocytes also supports the diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis; however, the findings of the heterophile antibody test were negative. The sensitivity of this test has been reported to be 85% to 90% in young adults.
Patrick Craig Alguire, 2005
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Autoantibodies
Australia HISTORICAL NOTES For the present purposes, “heterophile” is used to describe those human antibodies which react with animal rather than human tissues. By contrast, autoantibodies are thought to be tissue rather than species ...
J.B. Peter, Yehuda Shoenfeld, 1996
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Textbook of Microbiology & Immunology
Heterophile antibody test Paul-Bunnell test: Paul-Bunnell test was first described by Paul and Bunnell for demonstration of heterophile antibodies in patients with infections mononucleosis in 1932. This heterophile antibody, which is an IgM ...
Parija, 2009
8
District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries
Positive heterophile antibody test. deoxynucleoprotein. An SLE latex test is available from several sources, including Remel Seradyn and HD Supplies. Note : Immunological tests have now replaced the insensitive LE cell test in the ...
Monica Cheesbrough, 2006
9
Clinical Endocrine Oncology
Auto ABs (a) No interference Figure 11.4 Heterophile interference in immunometric assays. (a) In the absence of interfering heterophile antibodies ( AB) analyte/antigen (AG) is sandwiched between capture AB and detection AB and can be ...
Ian D. Hay, John A. H. Wass, 2009
10
The Immunoassay Handbook
Anti-EBNA IgG, as measured by anti-complement IFA, appears months after primary infection and persists for life in 100% of the people infected. Comparison studies between heterophile antibody tests and IFA to specific EBV antigens reveal ...
David Wild, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROPHILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heterophile is used in the context of the following news items.
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Evaluating and managing thyroid disease in children
When the TSH is confounding, Chiu suggested considering interference by heterophile antibodies. He also briefly discussed the role of thyroid ... «ModernMedicine, Oct 14»
2
MoBiTec, Germany, Announces Availability of Human Herpesvirus-6 …
... in infants, heterophile antibody-negative infectious mononucleosis in children, also interstitial pneumonia, encephalitis, meningitis, hepatitis, ... «PR.com, Jul 14»
3
Study: Infectious Mononucleosis (Mono) Can Cause Hallucinations …
She had a positive monospot test and an increased heterophile agglutination test confirming the clinical diagnosis of mononucleosis. «PR Web, Dec 13»
4
Heterophile Antibodies Can Cause False Positives on Some Thyroid …
It's believed that heterophile antibodies -- also known as human antianimal antibodies -- stem from animal-derived pharmaceuticals and ... «About - News & Issues, Sep 13»
5
Review by Anthony P. Bober
Early (16) she implies that homophile relationships constitute an exception to the heterophile entanglements she elaborates, although in fact ... «Metapsychology, Mar 13»
6
Love and Intimacy with Multiple Partners
Though scientifically dull, the best terms are homophile, heterophile, and ambiphile ("bi") since they imply a love of people and things in life, ... «Metapsychology, Jun 12»
7
Antibody Interference Can Taint TSH Assays
November 3, 2011 (Indian Wells, California) — Interference from heterophile antibodies poses the risk of erroneous results on the commonly ... «Medscape, Nov 11»
8
Epstein-Barr virus
Heterophile antibody test (monospot): A heterophile antibody test, also called a monospot, is considered the standard test to diagnose EBV ... «Health24.com, Dec 10»
9
Pro Tennis Player Andy Roddick Has Mono
... increased total number of lymphocytes, greater than 10% atypical lymphocytes, and a positive reaction to a "mono spot” or heterophile test. «MedPage Today, Aug 10»
10
Infectious Mononucleosis
Primary EBV infection induces the activity of a heterogeneous group of circulating heterophile (IgM) antibodies directed against viral antigens ... «New England Journal of Medicine, May 10»

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