radioimmunoassay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A procedure that uses the binding of a radioactively labeled substance to an antibody in order to analyze minute amounts of biological compounds.
verb
  1. To assay by this process.

Word forms

radioimmunoassay radioimmunoassays RIA radioimmunoassaying radioimmunoassayed

Etymology

From radio- + immunoassay.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.