[ee-loot, i-loot] 
| to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent. |
| e·lute (ĭ-lōōt') tr.v. e·lut·ed, e·lut·ing, e·lutes To extract (one material) from another, usually by means of a solvent. [From Latin ēluere, ēlūt-, to wash out : ē-, ex-, ex- + -luere, to wash; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.] e·lu'tion n. |
elution e·lu·tion (ĭ-l&oomacr;'shən)
n.
The chromatographic process of using a solvent to extract an adsorbed substance from a solid adsorbing medium.
The removal of antibody from the antigen to which it is attached.
elution (ĭ-l 'shən) Pronunciation Key
The process of extracting a substance that is adsorbed to another by washing it with a solvent. ◇ The substance used as a solvent in elution is called an eluent. ◇ The solution of the solvent and the substance that was adsorbed to another is called the eluate. |
