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🧪 A binding material 🧪 Able to bind antibodies
immunosorbent

immunosorbent

8.8
Can hold specific antibodies or antigens used in laboratory tests
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪmjunəˈsɔrbənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : inmunosorbente
  • To test for allergies, they performed an immunosorbent assay that detects the specific antigens in the patient's serum.

Examples

  • Anti-aquaporin 4 antibody levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, as described previously.

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  • The laboratory used an immunosorbent technique to identify the presence of specific antibodies in the blood sample.

  • Researchers developed an immunosorbent method that effectively binds and isolates the target proteins from the mixture.

Compounds

enzyme-linked immunosorbent serologic assay
  • Specialized
7.2

A lab test that uses an enzyme to find antibodies or germs in blood

Surface Forms

immunosorbent positive

Morphology

immunosorbent = sorbent (semi-transparent) = immuno + sorb + ent

Formed from the combining form 'immuno-' and the technical word 'sorbent'; the components are analyzable but are specialized and may be unfamiliar to general learners.

Etymology

Immunosorbent comes from immuno- meaning 'immune' and -sorbent like absorbent, which means 'to soak up'. So an immunosorbent surface or test 'soaks up' specific antibodies, which is why it is used to detect immune responses.