incompatible

incompatible
incompatible [in΄kəm pat′ə bəl]
adj.
[ML incompatibilis]
1. not compatible; specif.,
a) not able to exist in harmony or agreement
b) not going, or getting along, well together; incongruous, conflicting, discordant, etc.: often followed by with
2. that cannot be held at one time by the same person: said of positions, ranks, etc.
3. Logic
a) that cannot both be true at the same time: said of propositions
b) not predicable of the same subject without contradiction: said of terms
4. Math. logically contradictory: said of equations or other statements
5. Med. Pharmacy not suitable for being mixed or used together: said of substances having an undesirable action on each other or, when mixed, on the body
n.
an incompatible person or thing usually used in pl.
incompatibility
n.
pl. incompatibilities
incompatibly
adv.

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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  • incompatible — Incapaz de coexistir. Un tejido trasplantado puede ser rechazado porque los factores de anticuerpo de donante y receptor son incompatibles. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

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