hemagglutination inhibition test

  • 1hemagglutination inhibition test — 1. a highly sensitive procedure for the measurement of soluble antigens in biologic specimens; the specimen is first incubated with homologous antibody and then incubated with antigen coated red blood cells; the amount of hemagglutination… …

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  • 2hemagglutination inhibition (HI HAI) assay — see under test …

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  • 3hemagglutination inhibition — (HI, HAI) see under test …

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  • 4test — 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,… …

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  • 5Hémagglutination — L’hémagglutination est une variante de la réaction d’agglutination. Elle est définie comme la fixation d’anticorps spécifiques sur des structures antigéniques présentes à la surface des globules rouges. Cette réaction aboutit à la formation d’un… …

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  • 6hemagglutination — The agglutination of red blood cells; may be immune as a result of specific antibody either for red blood cell antigens per se or other antigens which coat the red blood cells, or may be nonimmune as in h. caused by viruses or other microbes. SYN …

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  • 7HAI test — hemagglutination inhibition t …

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  • 8HI test — hemagglutination inhibition t …

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  • 9HIT — health information technology; health integration team; hemagglutination inhibition test; heparin induced thrombocytopenia; High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Intervention Trial; Hirudin for the Improvement of Thrombolysis [study]; histamine… …

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  • 10HIT — • health information technology; • health integration team; • hemagglutination inhibition test; • heparin induced thrombocytopenia; • High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Intervention Trial; • Hirudin for the Improvement of Thrombolysis [study];… …

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