Meanings
plural immunoassays
- A test for the presence of a substance using the reaction of an antibody to its antigen, making use of the high selectivity of components of biological immune systems.
An over-the-counter, pee-on-a-stick pregnancy test is an immunoassay.
2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 179
present singular third person immunoassays · participle present immunoassaying · participle past immunoassayed · past immunoassayed
- To carry out such a test.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounidentification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-
- Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
- Proto-Italic*moinos
- Latinmūnus
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Latinin- -is
- Latinimmūnis
- Middle Frenchimmun
- Englishimmune
- Englishimmuno-
- Englishassay
- Englishimmunoassay
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with immunoassay
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immunoassay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoassay
“immunoassay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoassay. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunoassay,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoassay.
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