immunohistochemistry

1. 1.

   an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase)

   Broaderassay

Other forms of immunohistochemistry

plural

immunohistochemistries·

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 immunohistochemistry

What does immunohistochemistry mean?

immunohistochemistry means "an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase)".

How many syllables are in immunohistochemistry?

immunohistochemistry has 8 syllables: im-mu-no-hi-sto-che-mi-stry. The stress falls on "che".

Is immunohistochemistry a common word?

immunohistochemistry 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.