PRECIPITIN TEST
\pɹɪsˈɪpɪtˌɪn tˈɛst], \pɹɪsˈɪpɪtˌɪn tˈɛst], \p_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_p_ɪ_t_ˌɪ_n t_ˈɛ_s_t]\
Definitions of PRECIPITIN TEST
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Serologic tests in which a positive reaction manifested by visible precipitation occurs when a soluble antigen reacts with its antibody.
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Precipitins are formations in the blood of an animal induced by repeated injections into its veins of the blood-serum of an animal of another species; and their importance in diagnosis lies in the fact that when the blood-serum of an animal so treated is mixed with that of any animal of the second species (or a Closely related species) and the mixture kept BL.LAW DICT. (2D ED.)
By Henry Campbell Black
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