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COMPLEMENT FIXATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("complement fixation" is a kind of...):
immune reaction; immune response; immunologic response (a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen)
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