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Complement Fixation

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Noun

1. complement fixation

an immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Complement Fixation

see synonyms of complement fixation
Immunology
the fixing of complement into the product of an antigen-antibody reaction: used as an infection indicator in certain serologic tests that measure the presence or absence of free, active complement

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Complement Fixation

see synonyms of complement fixation
n.
The binding of active serum complement to an antigen-antibody pair. It is the basis for various diagnostic tests to detect the presence of a specific antigen or antibody.

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