Glossary of Terms

Term: Immunoassay

Definition: The measurement of an antigen-antibody interaction utilizing such procedures as immunofluorescence, radioimmunoassay, enzyme immunoassay or other nonradioisotopic techniques. In drug testing, the antigen is a drug or metabolite and its corresponding labeled analog; the antibody is a protein grown in an animal and directed towards a specific drug, metabolite or group of similar compounds.

 


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