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Meaning of allotypy in English:

allotypy

Pronunciation /ˈaləˌtʌɪpi/

noun

Medicine

  • The occurrence of an immunoglobulin or other protein in genetically determined, antigenically distinct forms in different members of the same species.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in Science. From French allotypie from allo- + type + -ie.