Etymology

radioimmunoassay

Today it means: A procedure that uses the binding of a radioactively labeled substance to an antibody in order to analyze minute amounts of biological compounds. Full definition →

English immunoassay ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis
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The story

  1. Latinradius
  2. Englishradio-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  5. Proto-Italic*moinos
  6. Latinmūnus
  7. Proto-Indo-European*né
  8. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  9. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  10. Latinin-
  11. Latinin- -is
  12. Latinimmūnis
  13. Middle Frenchimmun
  14. Englishimmune
  15. Englishimmuno-
  16. Englishassay
  17. Englishimmunoassay
  18. English todayradioimmunoassay

From radio- + immunoassay.

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