主しゅ要よう組そ織しき適てき合ごう遺い伝でん子し複ふく合ごう体たい

noun

major histocompatibility complex; MHC

Technical term in biology and immunology. Refers to a set of cell surface proteins essential for the acquired immune system to recognize foreign molecules.

• 主しゅ要よう組そ織しき適てき合ごう遺い伝でん子し複ふく合ごう体たいは、免めん疫えき応おう答とうにおいて重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。

  The major histocompatibility complex plays an important role in the immune response.