COMPLEMENT FIXATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination)

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("complement fixation" is a kind of...):

immune reaction; immune response; immunologic response (a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen)

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