assay
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- noun
- /əˈseɪ/
- Specialized
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ensayo
- Further, we assessed maternal smoking with a sensitive assay for cotinine, a well-validated biomarker for tobacco smoke.
- perform an assay
- use an assay
- screening assay
But is this what is this assay giving us a readout on just unfolding.
- But is this what is this assay giving us a readout on just unfolding.
- We've basically developed this technology for massively parallel reporter assays MPRA.
- There was little evidence of decreased cognitive performance in standard assays for cognitive performance.
- If we now we don't have all the schizophrenia assay for the monkey yet, but you're based on EEG.
- So the water polymers, what's bio assay?
- Well, you know, you could say a good, a good sort of bio assay is the interest of the Pharmaceutical industry.
- There's been several recent studies now that have done assays investigations of the harvested nucleus in a in a disc surgery.
Examples
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As such, the myeloperoxidase assay measures the activity of myeloperoxidase, which is an enzyme unique to neutrophils.
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The laboratory conducted an assay to determine the mineral content of the rock sample.
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The assay office says there's gold traces.
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This is a pulse chase assay of intestinal cells.
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Mercury concentrations were measured by a different assay than the other metals.
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Well, we ran the assay twice and the levels of C24 and C26 read normal.
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Lack of detection could be explained by different assay sensitivities or by the selection of samples tested.
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Their main evidence for this assurance was a 48-hour mutagenicity assay on soil samples near the site.
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We tested for this possibility by performing a chemotaxis assay on wild-type animals toward or away from ethanol.
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We monitored the performance of the assays with standard quality control procedures, including analysis of blinded pooled samples.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.0
An activity to check how well something works
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2.5
A process of checking how well something works or how safe it is
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3.5
To test a substance to find what elements or compounds are in it
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A lab test that uses a chemical reaction and color change to show if a sample has antibodies or germs
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A lab test that uses antibodies to find or measure proteins in samples like blood
A lab test that uses antibodies to find or measure proteins in body samples
A lab test that finds or confirms a disease in a person
A chemical test that measures how much of each substance is in a sample
A scientific test that measures how a substance affects living things compared to a known standard
To test how a substance affects living things
Compounds
- Specialized
A scientific test that measures how a substance affects living things compared to a known standard
- Specialized
A lab test that uses an enzyme to find antibodies or germs in blood
- Specialized
A lab test that uses antibodies to find or measure proteins in body samples
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Assay comes from an old French word meaning 'to try' or 'test', the same idea behind the English word essay, which is a short 'attempt'. So an assay is a careful 'trial' or test used to find what a substance contains or how pure it is.