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Vinony

immunoprecipitation

noun

  1. act or process of separating an antigen from a solution using an antibody that binds to the antigen
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English precipitate English immunoprecipitate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English immunoprecipitation From immunoprecipitate + -ion.

  1. A technique in which an antigen is precipitated from solution by using an antibody, or a particular use of this technique.

    “We carried out sequential immunoprecipitations of cell lysates.”