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avidity /avid·i·ty/ (ah-vid´ĭ-te)
1. the strength of an acid or base. 2. in immunology, an imprecise measure of the strength of antigen-antibody binding based on the rate at which the complex is formed. Cf. affinity (3).
avidity [avid′itē] Etymology: L, avidus, eager an inexact measure of the binding strength of antibodies to multiple antigenic determinants on natural antigens. avidity [ah-vid´ĭ-te] 1. eagerness, or a strong attraction for something. 2. in immunology, an imprecise measure of the strength of antigen-antibody binding based on the rate at which the complex is formed.
avidity in immunology, an imprecise measure of the strength of antibody-antigen binding based on the rate at which the complex is formed.
avidity Immunology The degree of stability of an antibody's binding with its antigen, which is a function of the number of shared binding sites and the binding energy of an antibody and antigen–the sum of the binding affinities of
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