IMMUNOASSAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunoassay mean? 

• IMMUNOASSAY (noun)
  The noun IMMUNOASSAY has 1 sense:

1. identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen

  Familiarity information: IMMUNOASSAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNOASSAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

immunoassay; immunochemical assay

Context example:

PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay

Hypernyms ("immunoassay" is a kind of...):

bio-assay; bioassay (appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immunoassay"):

radioimmunoassay (immunoassay of a substance that has been radioactively labeled)

 Context examples 

Immunoassays may be used to diagnose disease.

(Immunoassay, NCI Dictionary)

A type of immunoassay in which the antigen-antibody complex is quantified using light emission, which is generated from a chemical reaction.

(Immunochemiluminometric Assay, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of immunoassay in which the antigen of interest found in a biological specimen competes with a lattice of antigen-antibody complexes.

(Kinetic Microparticle Immunoassay, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of enzyme immunoassay that uses antigen-coated microparticles as a substrate for antibody binding.

(Microparticle Enzyme Immunoassay, NCI Thesaurus)

An enzyme immunoassay for the detection of the bacteria Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis.

(Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit for measuring potency of immunologically active substance in a product determined as reactivity in a quantitative immunoassay for particular antigen or antibody and expressed per unit volume equal to one milliliter.

(Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Unit per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)

An immunoassay in which a fluorescent-labeled antibody binds directly to a target antigen.

(Direct Fluorescent Antibody Test, NCI Thesaurus)

An enzyme-linked serum immunoassay used for the detection of aspergillosis.

(Aspergillus Galactomannan Antigen Test, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of homogenous immunoassay in which sample is applied to a reagent mixture of enzyme-labeled ligand, antibody, and substrate.

(Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of several immunoassay methods that use an enzyme covalently linked to an antigen or antibody as a label; the most common types are enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and enzyme-multiplied immunoassay technique (EMIT).

(Enzyme Immunoassay, NCI Thesaurus)