| complement | something added to complete or make perfect |
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| complement | either of two parts that mutually complete each other |
| complement | a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction |
| complement | number needed to make up whole force |
| complement | a complete number or quantity |
| complement | one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response |
| complement | make complete or perfect |
| complement | an immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination) |
| complement | a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present |
| complement | acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) |
| complement | the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other |
| complement | a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities |