immunoprecipitate

noun

A protein precipitated during immunoprecipitation.

OriginEnglish precipitate ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis →
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Meanings

nounimmunoprecipitate (plural immunoprecipitates)

plural immunoprecipitates

  1. A protein precipitated during immunoprecipitation.
verbimmunoprecipitate (third-person singular simple present immunoprecipitates, present participle immunoprecipitating, simple past and past participle immunoprecipitated)

present singular third person immunoprecipitates · participle present immunoprecipitating · participle past immunoprecipitated · past immunoprecipitated

  1. ambitransitiveTo produce, or to undergo, immunoprecipitation.

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. Englishprecipitate
  15. Englishimmunoprecipitate

From immuno- + precipitate.

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APA

immunoprecipitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoprecipitate

MLA

“immunoprecipitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoprecipitate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunoprecipitate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoprecipitate.

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