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IMMUNOASSAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen
Example:
PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay
Synonyms:
immunoassay; immunochemical assay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("immunoassay" is a kind of...):
bio-assay; bioassay (appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immunoassay"):
radioimmunoassay (immunoassay of a substance that has been radioactively labeled)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb immunoassay
Context examples:
An enzyme immunoassay for the qualitative detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency viruses in human serum or plasma.
(Anti-HIV2 Enzyme Immunoassay, NCI Thesaurus)
A highly sensitive immunoassay capable of detecting secreted materials from individual cells upon activation.
(Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Spot Assay, NCI Thesaurus)
An immunoassay utilizing an antibody labeled with an enzyme marker such as horseradish peroxidase.
(ELISA, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A logarithmic-scale (base 10) unit for measuring potency of immunologically active substance in a product determined as reactivity in a quantitative immunoassay for particular antigen or antibody and expressed per quantity of preparation used as a single dose.
(Log10 Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Unit per Dose, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit for measuring potency of immunologically active substance in a product determined as reactivity in a quantitative immunoassay for particular antigen or antibody and expressed per quantity of preparation used as a single dose.
(Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Unit per Dose, NCI Thesaurus)
