Immunoassay is an English word with synonyms like bioassay. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Immunoassay meaning
A test for the presence of a substance using the reaction of an antibody to its antigen, making use of the high selectivity of components of biological immune systems.
Synonyms of Immunoassay
Using Immunoassay
- The main meaning on this page is: A test for the presence of a substance using the reaction of an antibody to its antigen, making use of the high selectivity of components of biological immune systems.
- Useful related words include: immunochemical assay, bioassay, bio-assay.
- In the example corpus, immunoassay often appears in combinations such as: differentiation immunoassay.
Context around Immunoassay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Immunoassay
- In this selection, "immunoassay" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, differentiation, specific, example, techniques and screening stand out and add context to how "immunoassay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a specific immunoassay has also and antibody differentiation immunoassay. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "immunoassay" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with immunoassay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A specific immunoassay has also been developed to detect psilocin in whole blood samples. (14 words)
For example, immunoassay A may detect the presence of a surface protein from a virus particle. (16 words)
Monitoring of the serum level is often accomplished using commercial immunoassay techniques, although some laboratories employ gas or liquid chromatography. (20 words)
Immunoassay B on the other hand may detect or measure antibodies produced by an organism's immune system that are made to neutralize and allow the destruction of the virus. (30 words)
A negative result rules out HIV exposure, while a positive one must be followed by an HIV-1/2 antibody differentiation immunoassay to detect which is present. (27 words)
Most commercial cocaine immunoassay screening tests cross-react appreciably with the major cocaine metabolites, but chromatographic techniques can easily distinguish and separately measure each of these substances. (27 words)
Example sentences (8)
A negative result rules out HIV exposure, while a positive one must be followed by an HIV-1/2 antibody differentiation immunoassay to detect which is present.
A negative result rules out infection, while a positive one must be followed by an HIV-1/2 antibody differentiation immunoassay.
A specific immunoassay has also been developed to detect psilocin in whole blood samples.
For example, immunoassay A may detect the presence of a surface protein from a virus particle.
Immunoassay B on the other hand may detect or measure antibodies produced by an organism's immune system that are made to neutralize and allow the destruction of the virus.
Monitoring of the serum level is often accomplished using commercial immunoassay techniques, although some laboratories employ gas or liquid chromatography.
Most commercial cocaine immunoassay screening tests cross-react appreciably with the major cocaine metabolites, but chromatographic techniques can easily distinguish and separately measure each of these substances.
Some testing procedures hydrolyze metabolic products into morphine before the immunoassay, which must be considered when comparing morphine levels in separately published results.
Common combinations with immunoassay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: