Etymology

immunohistochemistry

Today it means: The analytical process of finding proteins in cells of a tissue microtome section exploiting the principle of antibodies binding specifically to antigens in biological tissues. Full definition →

English histochemistry ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis
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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. Englishhistochemistry
  15. English todayimmunohistochemistry

From immuno- + histochemistry.

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