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decomplement, v. Immunol.|diːˈkɒmplɪmɛnt|
[f. de- II. 2 + complement n.]
trans. To inactivate the complement in (blood serum of an animal).
1942[implied in decomplemented ppl. a. below]. 1959Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. CI. 505/1 Guinea pigs are difficult to decomplement by injection of antigen-antibody combinations. 1966Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. CXXXV. 585 A normal human serum was decomplemented in vitro by an antigen-antibody precipitate. 1976Nature 11 Mar. 140/1 After 4 weeks, immune serum was collected and decomplemented at 56°C for 30 min.
So deˈcomplemented ppl. a.and deˈcomplementing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1942Jrnl. Exper. Med. LXXV. 291 Equivalent volume ‘decomplemented’ serum. 1955Internat. Arch. Allergy & Appl. Immunol. VII. 8 The release of histamine by the decomplementing immune system might lead to a histamine depletion. Ibid., The plasma of the decomplemented rats showed a reduction in their anaphylatoxin forming capacity. 1965Canad. Jrnl. Biochem. XLIII. 756 The secondary aim of the study was to elucidate the effects of three decomplementing procedures on the electrophoretic patterns. 1977Lancet 3 Dec. 1152/2 Decomplemented sera from myelofibrosis patients were as effective as whole sera in their ability to induce healthy leucocytes to phagocytose immune complexes. |