Noun: incompatibility ,in-kum,pa-tu'bi-lu-tee
- The quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
"The incompatibility of their personalities led to constant arguments"
- The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
"The incompatibility of guilt and innocence is a fundamental principle in criminal law";
- mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency, repugnance
- (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)
"The patient's incompatibility with the donor organ led to rejection"
Derived forms: incompatibilities
Type of: characteristic, contradictoriness, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
Antonym: compatibility
Encyclopedia: Incompatibility