immunoaffinity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder.

Proto-Italic *moinos

Latin mūnus

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.?

Proto-Italic *-is

Latin -is

Latin in- -is

Latin immūnisder.

Middle French immunbor.

Middle English

English immune

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English immuno-

English affinity

English immunoaffinity

From immuno- + affinity.

Noun

immunoaffinity (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, noun adjunct) The specific chemical affinity between an antibody, or antibody domain, and an antigen

   an immunoaffinity column

   • 1994, Nikos K. Harakas, “Biospecific Affinity Chromatography”, in Roger G. Harrison, editor, Protein Purification Process Engineering‎^[1], →ISBN, page 61:

     The human endothelial plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) of t-PA was purified to homogeneity and partially sequenced directly from endothhelial ^[sic] cells by Sanzo (39), using the immunoaffinity of a monoclonal antibody against human t-PA.