organs of Zuckerkandl medical dictionary

Preferred term: para-aortic bodies

organ-specific medical dictionary

Denoting or pertaining to a serum produced by the injection of the cells of a certain organ or tissue that, when injected into another animal, destroys the cells of the corresponding organ.

organ-specific antigen medical dictionary

A heterogenetic antigen with organ specificity; e.g., in addition to species-specific antigen, kidney of one species contains antigen that is identical to that in kidney of other species.

Synonyms: tissue-specific antigen.

organ specificity medical dictionary

Restriction of a characteristic or response to a particular organ of the body; it usually refers to that property of the immune response which differentiates one organ from another on the basis of antigen recognition, but the concept is not limited to immunology.

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