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counterimmunoelectrophoresis

counterimmunoelectrophoresis noun: a laboratory technique used to evaluate the binding of an antibody to its antigen, similar to immunodiffusion, but with the addition of an applied electrical field across the diffusion medium, usually an agar or polyacrylamide gel.

counterimmunoelectrophoresis: a laboratory technique used to evaluate the binding of an antibody to its antigen, similar to...
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Noun

counterimmunoelectrophoresis (uncountable)

  1. A laboratory technique used to evaluate the binding of an antibody to its antigen, similar to immunodiffusion, but with the addition of an applied electrical field across the diffusion medium, usually an agar or polyacrylamide gel.

Synonyms of counterimmunoelectrophoresis

Origin of counterimmunoelectrophoresis

From counter- + immunoelectrophoresis.

Questions about counterimmunoelectrophoresis

What does counterimmunoelectrophoresis mean?
Counterimmunoelectrophoresis means a laboratory technique used to evaluate the binding of an antibody to its antigen, similar to immunodiffusion, but with the addition of an applied electrical field across the diffusion medium, usually an agar or polyacrylamide gel.
What part of speech is counterimmunoelectrophoresis?
Counterimmunoelectrophoresis is a noun.

Words near counterimmunoelectrophoresis in the dictionary

  1. counterimitating
  2. counterimitation
  3. counterimitations
  4. counterimitative
  5. counterimmune
  6. counterimmunoelectrophoresis
  7. counterimmunoelectrophoretic
  8. counterimperialism
  9. counterimperialist
  10. counterimpulse
  11. counterimpulses

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