elisa

1. 1.

   an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria)

   Synonymsenzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay

   Broaderassay

Other forms of elisa

plural

elisas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about elisa

What does elisa mean?

elisa means "an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria)".

How many syllables are in elisa?

elisa has 3 syllables: e-li-sa. The stress falls on "li". In IPA it is /əˈlisə/.

What is another word for elisa?

Close synonyms include enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is elisa a common word?

elisa is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.