antigen excess

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excess /ex·cess/ (ek´ses) a surplus, an amount greater than that which is normal or that which is required.

antigen excess the presence of more than enough antigen to saturate all available antibody binding sites.

antigen excess

In a precipitation test, the presence of uncombined antigen above that required to combine with all of the antibody.

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