Etymology

immunoabsorption

Today it means: The removal of a specific antibody by an antigen (or of an antigen by a specific antibody) Full definition →

English absorption ← Latin absorptiō ← Proto-Italic *sorβeō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  3. Proto-Italic*moinos
  4. Latinmūnus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  8. Latinin-
  9. Latinin- -is
  10. Latinimmūnis
  11. Middle Frenchimmun
  12. Englishimmune
  13. Englishimmuno-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  16. Proto-Italic*ap
  17. Latinab
  18. Latinab-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
  21. Proto-Italic*sorβeō
  22. Latinsorbeō
  23. Latinabsorbeō
  24. Latinabsorptiō
  25. Englishabsorption
  26. English todayimmunoabsorption

From immuno- + absorption.

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