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Elisa
1[ ih-lis-uh, e-lee-suh ]
ELISA
2[ ih-lahy-zuh, -suh ]
noun
- Medicine/Medical. a sensitive diagnostic test for past or current exposure to an infectious agent, as the AIDS virus: a sample of blood is added to proteins from the agent, and any antibodies that combine with the proteins, indicating a history of infection, are detected by adding a test antibody linked to an enzyme that causes a color change.
- Biology, Medicine/Medical. any similar test using proteins as a probe for the identification of antibodies or antigens.
ELISA
/ ɪˈlaɪzə /
acronym for
- enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: an immunological technique for accurately measuring the amount of a substance, for example in a blood sample
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Elisa1
e(nzyme-)l(inked) i(mmuno)s(orbent) a(ssay)
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