immunoreactivityn.
/ˌɪmjᵿnəʊˌriːakˈtɪvᵻti/, /ɪˌmjuːnəʊˌriːakˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɪmjənoʊˌriækˈtɪvᵻdi/, /ᵻˌmjunoʊˌriækˈtɪvᵻdi/ Medicine and Biology.
The property or state of being immunoreactive. Also: the content or quantity of a specific immunoreactive substance in blood, tissue, etc.
ΚΠ
1966 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 40 687/1 A new preparation of crystalline Lilly pork insulin..showed immunoreactivity similar to the other pork insulin preparations we had available.
1986 Jrnl. Nutrition 116 36 Healthy human volunteers consuming 30 g of oral supplements of arginine have shown significantly enhanced immunoreactivity of the lymphocytes of their peripheral blood.
2002 Cat Fancy Apr. 45/1 Support for this diagnosis can come from..special blood tests, such as feline trypsin-like immunoreactivity, cobalamin and folate levels.
2003 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 9 Dec. b5/6 U. S. Patent..on a method for Antigen Retrieval using oxidizing and reducing agents to restore immunoreactivity of a tissue.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1966