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Definition of Immunoassay

1. Noun. Identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen. "PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay"

Definition of Immunoassay

1. Noun. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Immunoassay

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Medical Definition of Immunoassay

1. A process that measures and identifies a specific biological substance such as an antigen. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Immunoassay

Literary usage of Immunoassay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings and by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"immunoassay Tickets The most common structure-based sensors are immunoassay tickets. Several different types are under development and commercially ..."

2. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Protection Against by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"This CL reaction was applied to competitive immunoassay for antigen determination ... Results and Discussion Based on the proposed flow-immunoassay method, ..."

3. Screening and Assessing Adolescents for Substance Use Disorders: A Treatment by Ken C. Winters, Ken C. Winters, Ph.d. (2000)
"immunoassay tests generally are used for initial tests, ... immunoassay procedures vary primarily in the tag used to produce the reaction. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"To ascertain that the immunoassay measured LDL protein rather than total lipoprotein or any other component of LDL, LDL was isolated from samples of plasma ..."

5. Drug Identification and Testing in the Juvenile Justice System by Anne H. Crowe (1998)
"immunoassay tests generally are used for initial tests, ... immunoassay tests provide qualitative results that indicate the presence or absence of a ..."

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