crossreactive

Questions

What does crossreactive mean?

Describing a reaction between an antigen and an antibody that was formed to counteract a different (often similar) antigen

Where does crossreactive come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin cruxbor. Old Irish crosbor. Old Norse krossbor. Old English cros Middle English cross Middle English cros- English cross- English react Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English reactive English crossreactive From cross- + reactive.

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