enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay

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)

   SynonymsELISA

   Broaderassay

Questions about enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay

What does enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay mean?

enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay 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)".

What is another word for enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay?

Close synonyms include ELISA. 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 enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay a common word?

enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.