immunoassay

noun

Etymology

From immuno- + assay.

  1. derived from essai
  2. derived from assaier
  3. derived from assai
  4. inherited from assay
  5. prefixed as immunoassay — “immuno + assay

Definitions

  1. A test for the presence of a substance using the reaction of an antibody to its antigen,…

    A test for the presence of a substance using the reaction of an antibody to its antigen, making use of the high selectivity of components of biological immune systems.

    • An over-the-counter, pee-on-a-stick pregnancy test is an immunoassay.
  2. To carry out such a test.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for immunoassay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA