immunoblot

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noun

A blot used in western blot analysis.

OriginEnglish blot ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis →
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Meanings

nounimmunoblot (plural immunoblots)

plural immunoblots

  1. A blot used in western blot analysis.
verbimmunoblot (third-person singular simple present immunoblots, present participle immunoblotting, simple past and past participle immunoblotted)

present singular third person immunoblots · participle present immunoblotting · participle past immunoblotted · past immunoblotted

  1. To perform such an analysis.

Origin

  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. Englishblot
  15. Englishimmunoblot

From immuno- + blot.

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Translations

Spanish inmunotransferencia
  • inmunotransferenciablot analysis
Cite this entry
APA

immunoblot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoblot

MLA

“immunoblot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoblot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunoblot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoblot.

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