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QUELLUNG REACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms
Example:
pneumococcus quellung
Synonyms:
quellung; quellung reaction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("quellung reaction" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
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