immunoassay

immunoassay definition - medical

im·mu·no·as·say (ĭmˌyə-nō-ăsˈā, ĭ-myo͞oˌ-)

noun
A laboratory or clinical technique that uses the specific binding between an antigen and its homologous antibody to identify and quantify a substance in a sample. Also called immunochemical assay.

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