immunodiagnosticadj.n.
/ˌɪmjᵿnəʊˌdʌɪəɡˈnɒstɪk/, /ɪˌmjuːnəʊˌdʌɪəɡˈnɒstɪk/, U.S. /ˌɪmjənoʊˌdaɪəɡˈnɑstɪk/, /ᵻˌmjunoʊˌdaɪəɡˈnɑstɪk/ Medicine.
A. adj.
Designating or relating to methods of diagnosis that use serology and other immunological techniques.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > [adjective] > diagnostic > of specific methods of diagnosis
uromantical1623
differential1829
urinoscopic1889
scatologic1891
radiodiagnostic1907
immunodiagnostic1911
serological1911
scatological1924
non-invasive1968
1911 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 23 Dec. 2058/1 This reaction is the first example of the use of such immuno-diagnostic methods for the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
1968 C. W. Schwabe & A. Kilejian in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. iii. vi. 517 In only a few platyhelminth infections, schistosomiasis and hydatid disease in particular, has any substantial progress been made in the practical application of these immunodiagnostic methods.
1986 Jrnl. Royal Coll. Physicians 20 102/2 Departments of laboratory immunology have developed in some major hospitals primarily to provide immuno-diagnostic services.
1999 Valley Independent (Monessen, Pa.) 13 Jan. 10/3 Her administrative appointments include..director of Penn Cutaneous Immunodiagnostic Laboratory.
B. n.
An immunodiagnostic agent or product.
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1989 Infection & Immunity 57 3637 This observation provides in part a structural basis for the observed cross-reactivity between the two organisms and suggests alternative approaches to the development of specific immunodiagnostics.
1995 Science 21 July 297/3 Several large companies have set up biotechnology divisions for in-house research on new drugs and immunodiagnostics.
2005 Molecular Immunol. 42 184/2 (heading) Neopterin production during immune activation and its role as an immunodiagnostic.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1911