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🧪 A binding material 🧪 Able to bind antibodies
immunosorbent

immunosorbent

1 8.4
A material that holds antibodies or antigens in laboratory tests
  • noun
  • /ˌɪmjunəˈsɔrbənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : material inmunosorbente
  • An innovative immunosorbent device was developed to enhance the sensitivity of immune response detection.
  • immunosorbent assay
  • enzyme-linked immunosorbent
  • immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Examples

  • Food samples were tested for the presence of preformed staphylococcal enterotoxins with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (1).

    Academic text (1997)

  • An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (IEA) allows an early diagnosis.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Serologic investigations include the Sabin-Feldman dye test and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

    Academic text (2006)

  • Blood samples were tested for antibodies to SNV, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA; Feldmann et al. 1993).

    Academic text (2002)

  • An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that detects soluble Beta/A4 in plasma and CSF could also prove useful.

    Academic text (1992)

  • It relies on two techniques: competitive inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (CI-ELISA) and monoclonal antibodies.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The US laboratory followed the WHO confirmatory strategy III with three different enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), while the laboratory in Myanmar followed strategy I with one ELISA.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay is a reliable method for detecting specific antibodies in blood samples.

  • Researchers employed an immunosorbent technique to measure the levels of antigens in various laboratory tests.

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 singular
immunosorbents plural

Morphology

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

The term is formed by adding the immune-related prefix 'immuno-' to 'sorbent', but the exact laboratory sense is specialized.

Etymology

Immunosorbent names a material that captures antibodies. The word joins immuno- 'immune' with -sorbent like absorbent 'to soak up', so an immunosorbent literally 'soaks up' certain antibodies to help tests find them.