immunochemical assay

1. 1.

   identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen

   “PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay”

   Synonymsimmunoassay

   Broaderbioassay

   Narrowerradioimmunoassay

Questions about immunochemical assay

What does immunochemical assay mean?

immunochemical assay means "identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen".

What is another word for immunochemical assay?

Close synonyms include immunoassay. 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 immunochemical assay a common word?

immunochemical 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.