immunospot
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of the spots resulting from a biochemical assay used to monitor cellular immune responses.
Example Sentences
- "The brown colored immunospots corresponding to the cells secreting IFN-γ and IL-4 were counted manually under a dissection microscope."
Etymology
From immuno- + spot.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: immuno