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IMMUNOCHEMICAL ASSAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen
Example:
PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay
Synonyms:
immunoassay; immunochemical assay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("immunochemical assay" is a kind of...):
bio-assay; bioassay (appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immunochemical assay"):
radioimmunoassay (immunoassay of a substance that has been radioactively labeled)