antibody absorption
1fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test — FTA ABS test; a highly specific treponemal antigen serologic test for syphilis; patient serum is absorbed with other treponemes to remove nonspecific antibodies, then reacted with a strain of Treponema pallidum fixed to a glass slide; specific… …
2absorption method — the separate and selective removal of agglutinins from specific immune sera by the addition of homologous particulate antigen(s) (e.g., bacterial cells or red blood cells) to the immune sera, or by the passage of specific immune sera through… …
3absorption elution — An improved, direct way of showing the presence of agglutinogens. In this method, antigenic material is first allowed to come in contact with antisera. The homologous antibody is specifically absorbed by a given agglutinogen …
4Single-domain antibody — Ribbon diagram of a llama VHH domain. The extended CDR3 loop is coloured orange. A single domain antibody (sdAb, called Nanobody by Ablynx, the developer[1]) is an antibody fragment consisting …
5agglutinin absorption — the removal of antibody from an immune serum by treatment with particulate antigen (usually bacteria) homologous to that antibody, followed by separation of the antigen antibody complex …
6conglutinating complement absorption test — (CCAT) a test resembling the complement fixation test (see under fixation), using as the indicator of antigen antibody reaction the disappearance of conglutinin (q.v.) activity …
7test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …
8FTA-ABS — Abbreviation for fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption. See fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test. * * * fluorescent treponemal antibody, absorbed [test] …
9Rapid plasma reagin — (RPR) refers to a type of test that looks for non specific antibodies in the blood of the patient that may indicate that the organism ( Treponema pallidum ) that causes syphilis is present. The term reagin means that this test does not look for… …
10FTA-ABS — Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody ABSorption test (Medical » Laboratory) Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody ABSorption test (Medical » Physiology) …