[i-lis-uh, e-lee-suh] 
| a female given name, form of Elizabeth. |
[i-lish-uh] . [i-lahy-zuh, -suh] | 1. | 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. |
| 2. | Biology, Medicine/Medical. any similar test using proteins as a probe for the identification of antibodies or antigens. |
| ELISA (ĭ-lī'zə, -sə) n. A sensitive immunoassay that uses an enzyme linked to an antibody or antigen as a marker for the detection of a specific protein, especially an antigen or antibody. It is often used as a diagnostic test to determine exposure to a particular infectious agent, such as the AIDS virus, by identifying antibodies present in a blood sample. [e(nzyme)-l(inked) i(mmunoad)s(orbent) a(ssay).] |
ELISA (ĭ-lī'zə, -sə)
n.
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; a sensitive immunoassay that uses an enzyme linked to an antibody or antigen as a marker for the detection of a specific protein, especially an antigen or antibody.
| ELISA enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay |
