family vs histocompatibility complex

histocompatibility complex vs family

family and histocompatibility complex both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
family	Yes	No	No	No
histocompatibility complex	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, histocompatibility complex is a hyponym of family; that is, histocompatibility complex is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than family:

family: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
histocompatibility complex: a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response

Other hyponyms of family include grammatical category, syntactic category, paradigm, substitution class, brass family, violin family, woodwind family, stamp, sex, declension, conjugation, denomination, weight class.

family (noun)	histocompatibility complex (noun)
primary social group; parents and children	a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response
people descended from a common ancestor
a social unit living together
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
a person having kinship with another or others

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