complementophile

English

Etymology

complement +‎ -o- +‎ -phile

Adjective

complementophile (not comparable)

  1. (immunology, dated) Having a tendency to react with and bind to the complements in the blood.
    Coordinate term: cytophile
    • 1910, Paul Ehrlich, Studies in Immunity, page 112:
      With the means at present at our disposal it is impossible, except in a few favorable cases, to determine whether this plurality of complementophile groups corresponds exactly to a like plurality of cytophile groups.

Alternative forms
  • complementophilic
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