immunocytochemicaladj.
/ˌɪmjᵿnəʊˌsʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈkɛmᵻkl/, /ɪˌmjuːnəʊˌsʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈkɛmᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌɪmjənoʊˌsaɪdəˈkɛmək(ə)l/, /ᵻˌmjunoʊˌsaɪdəˈkɛmək(ə)l/ Medicine and Biology.
Combining immunological and cytochemical techniques; of or relating to immunocytochemistry.
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cytological1862
cytologic1893
immunocytochemical1956
1956 Science 22 June 1137/2 Seminars and round-table discussions were held on ‘Bacterial pigments,’..‘Immunocytochemical staining,’ and ‘Teaching of bacteriology to dental students’.
1963 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 34 261/1 The demonstration of this characteristic secretory product by immunocytochemical methods should identify the key cells.
1984 E. Holtzman & A. B. Novikoff Cells & Organelles (ed. 3) iv. ii. 576 The calmodulin found in the spindle in immunocytochemical studies is located between the chromosomes and the poles.
2002 New Scientist 1 June 81/2 (advt.) Techniques will include processing wax-embedded material as well as frozen blocks for cryotomy and immunocytochemical analysis.
Derivatives
ˌimmunoˌcytoˈchemically adv. by means of immunocytochemical techniques.
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the world > life > biology > study > [adverb] > cytology
cytologically1888
immunocytochemically1975
1975 Lancet 15 Mar. 607/2 Denervation of normal muscle results in spread of AChR to the entire sarcolemmal membrane, demonstrable immunocytochemically by the light-microscopic and electron-microscopic distribution of α-B.T. binding.
2006 Brain Res. 1110 23 We have demonstrated immunocytochemically the presence of glycogen phosphorylase..in large and small axons of the rat vagus nerve.
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