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polyspecificity

noun

Etymology

From poly- + specificity.

  1. derived from speciēs
  2. derived from specificus
  3. derived from specifique
  4. suffixed as specificity — “specific + ity”
  5. prefixed as polyspecificity — “poly + specificity”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being polyspecific.

    • Cross-reactivity or polyspecificity of antibodies detected in DENV-infected patients were not only related to the recognition of different virus serotypes, but also to host proteins, including platelets, endothelial cells and plasminogen.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for polyspecificity. 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