immunofluorescence

[im-yuh-noh-floo-res-uhns, -flaw-, -floh-, ih-myoo-]

im·mu·no·fluo·res·cence

[im-yuh-noh-floo-res-uhns, -flaw-, -floh-, ih-myoo-]
noun
any of various techniques for detecting an antigen or antibody in a sample by coupling its specifically interactive antibody or antigen to a fluorescent compound, mixing with the sample, and observing the reaction under an ultraviolet-light microscope.

Origin:
1955–60; immuno- + fluorescence

im·mu·no·fluo·res·cent, adjective
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Immunofluorescence has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
given to using long words.
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World English Dictionary
immunofluorescence (ˌɪmjʊnəʊflʊəˈrɛsəns)
 
n
a method used to determine the location of antibodies or antigens in which the antibodies or antigens are labelled with a fluorescent dye

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immunofluorescence im·mu·no·fluo·res·cence (ĭm'yə-nō-fl&oobreve;-rěs'əns, -flô-, ĭ-my&oomacr;'-)
n.
Any of various methods that use antibodies chemically linked to a fluorescent dye to identify or quantify antigens in a tissue sample.

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