radioimmunochemicaladj.
/ˌreɪdɪəʊˌɪmjᵿnəʊˈkɛmᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌreɪdioʊˌɪmjənoʊˈkɛmək(ə)l/ Medicine and Biology.
Of or relating to radioimmunochemistry.
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1967 Acta Endocrinologica 54 127 (title) The purification of 125I-glucagon of high specific activity for radioimmunochemical estimation of glucagon and a qualitative comparison of glucagon from different sources.
1981 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 78 4225/1 This radioimmunochemical method then can be used in conjunction with transferrin binding assays to determine whether any perturbation of transferrin binding results from a change in transferrin affinity or from a change in receptor present.
2004 Brain Res. 1030 3/2 The radioimmunochemical labeling was calibrated using a scale of standards of TH [= tyrosine hydroxylase] protein.
Derivatives
radioimmunoˈchemically adv. by means of radioimmunochemistry.
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1968 Gastroenterology 55 326/2 The gastrin contents..were measured radioimmunochemically.
1977 Lancet 26 Mar. 666/2 Blood obtained by antecubital-vein puncture was assayed radioimmunochemically for insulin, glucagon, gastrin, and pancreatic polypeptide.
2005 European Jrnl. Pharmacol. 521 166/1 Insulin was determined radioimmunochemically with the use of a guinea pig anti-rat insulin antibody, [125I]-labelled human insulin as tracer and rat insulin as standard.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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