hemagglutination-inhibition test

hemagglutination-inhibition test

[‚hē·mə‚glüd·ən′ā·shən ‚in·ə′bish·ən ‚test] (immunology) A test to identify a virus antigen or to quantitate an antibody by adding virus-specific antibody to a mixture of agglutinating virus and red blood cells.