HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horseradish peroxidase mean? 

• HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE (noun)
  The noun HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE has 1 sense:

1. an enzyme used in immunohistochemistry to label antigens and their antibodies

  Familiarity information: HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An enzyme used in immunohistochemistry to label antigens and their antibodies

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("horseradish peroxidase" is a kind of...):

peroxidase (any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide)

 Context examples 

An immunoassay utilizing an antibody labeled with an enzyme marker such as horseradish peroxidase.

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