immunoelectrophoresis

noun

A laboratory technique that combines electrophoresis and antigen-antibody reactions to separate and identify proteins, especially antibodies, in biological samples.

OriginEnglish electrophoresis ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis →
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Meanings

nounimmunoelectrophoresis (countable and uncountable, plural immunoelectrophoreses)

plural immunoelectrophoreses

  1. countableuncountableimmunologyA laboratory technique that combines electrophoresis and antigen-antibody reactions to separate and identify proteins, especially antibodies, in biological samples.

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. Englishelectrophoresis
  15. Englishimmunoelectrophoresis

From immuno- + electrophoresis.

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Translations

Portuguese imunoeletroforese
  • imunoeletroforeseTranslations
Romanian imunoelectroforeză
  • imunoelectroforezăTranslations
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APA

immunoelectrophoresis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoelectrophoresis

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“immunoelectrophoresis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoelectrophoresis. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunoelectrophoresis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoelectrophoresis.

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