immunoassay /im·mu·no·as·say/ (-as´a) quantitative determination of antigenic substances (e.g., hormones, drugs, vitamins) by serological means, as by immunofluorescent techniques, radioimmunoassay, etc.
immunoassay
immunoassay (im´ūnōas´ā),
immunoassay
im·mu·no·as·say ( m y -n - s  , -my -)n. A laboratory or clinical technique that uses the specific binding between an antigen and its homologous antibody to identify and quantify a substance in a sample. Also called immunochemical assay. |
immunoassay
[im′yənō·as′ā]
Etymology: L, immunis + Fr, essayer, to try
a competitive-binding assay in which the binding protein is an antibody.
immunoassay (im´ūnōas´ā),
n a competitive-binding assay in which the binding protein is an antibody.
immunoassay
the quantitative determination of either antibody or antigen, e.g. hormones, drugs, vitamins, and specific proteins, by means of antigen-antibody interaction, as by agglutination, precipitation, ELISA, radioimmunoassay, etc.
immunoassay
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