radioimmunoassay

radioimmunoassay
Abbreviation: RIA
An assay based on the use of a radioactively labelled antibody, where the amount of radiation detected indicates the amount of target substance present in the sample.

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  • Radioimmunoassay — Ein Radioimmunoassay (RIA) ist eine Labormethode zur quantitativen Bestimmung kleinster Substanzmengen. Kleine Konzentrationen von Hormonen, Enzymen, Tumorantigenen, Infektionsantigenen, Arzneimitteln und DNA können mit dieser… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • radioimmunoassay — noun Date: 1961 immunoassay of a substance that has been radioactively labeled • radioimmunoassayable adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • radioimmunoassay — (RIA; ra de o im u no as a) A very sensitive assay technique that uses a purified radioisotope labeled antigen or antibody to compete for antibody or antigen with unlabeled standard and samples to determine the concentration of a substance in the …   Dictionary of microbiology

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  • radioimmunoassay — /ray dee oh im yeuh noh as ay, a say , i myooh /, n. a test procedure that integrates immunologic and radiolabeling techniques to measure minute quantities of a substance, as a protein, hormone, or drug, in a given sample of body fluid or tissue …   Universalium

  • radioimmunoassay — noun A procedure that uses the binding of a radioactively labeled substance to an antibody in order to analyze minute amounts of biological compounds …   Wiktionary

  • Radioimmunoassay — A very sensitive, specific laboratory test (assay) using radiolabeled (and unlabeled) substances in an immunological (antibody antigen) reaction. * * * An immunologic (immunochemical) procedure that uses the competition between radioisotope… …   Medical dictionary

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  • radioimmunoassay — noun Medicine a technique for measuring antibody levels using radioactively labelled antigens …   English new terms dictionary

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