immunoprecipitation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.89 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A technique in which an antigen is precipitated from solution by using an antibody, or a particular use of this technique.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "We carried out sequential immunoprecipitations of cell lysates."
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 precipitate English immunoprecipitate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English immunoprecipitation From immunoprecipitate + -ion.