neutralization (redirected from Water-forming reaction)

neu·tral·i·za·tion (ntr-l-zshn)

n.

1. A reaction between an acid and a base that yields a salt and water.

2. The rendering ineffective of an action or substance, such as a drug.

3. The change of an acid solution to neutral by titration of an alkaline solution.

4. The change of an alkaline solution to neutral by titration of an acid solution.

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neutralization,

n the reaction of an acid with a base.

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neutralization

the state of having been converted to neutrality from acid or base. Used also in microbiology to indicate neutralization of a toxin or of infectivity.

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neutralization tests

tests based on the ability of an antibody to neutralize the biological activity of an antigen. These may utilize antitoxins and toxins or immune serum and viruses or bacteria. The tests are often quantitative whereby antibody (serum) is serially diluted; the reciprocal of the highest dilution of serum neutralizing a standard amount of toxin or virus or bacteria is the neutralizing antibody titer of that serum.