Laboratory Procedure
immunoprecipitation
[ im-yuh-noh-pri-sip-i-tey-shuhn, ih-myoo- ]
Subclass of:
Immunologic Techniques
Definitions related to immunoprecipitation:
  • Antigen aggregation with antibody, in the right ratios, to cause precipitation.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Serologic tests in which a positive reaction manifested by visible precipitation occurs when a soluble antigen reacts with its antibody.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The aggregation of soluble ANTIGENS with ANTIBODIES, alone or with antibody binding factors such as ANTI-ANTIBODIES or STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A, into complexes large enough to fall out of solution.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (immune precipitation) Precipitation, Immune precipitation
    NCI Health Level 7 Vocabulary
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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