radioimmunologyn.
/ˌreɪdɪəʊˌɪmjᵿˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌreɪdioʊˌɪmjəˈnɑlədʒi/ Medicine and Biology.
Originally: the study of the effects of radiation on the immune system (rare). Later: the use of radiolabelled compounds in radioimmunoassay and other types of immunological testing, research, and treatment.
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immunochemistry1907
immunogenetics1947
immunohaematology1948
immunohistochemistry1963
radioimmunology1967
psychoimmunology1982
1967 BioScience 17 848/1 A fascinating introduction into a new field of research, ‘radioimmunology’, which among other achievements has brought out the interesting fact that very low irradiation doses seem to make organisms more resistant to higher ones.
1971 D. Wiseman Radioactive Labelling Microbial Antigens in Radioactive Tracers in Microbial Immunol. 4 Internal labelling has found far less general usage than external labelling in radioimmunology.
1973 FEBS Lett. 36 109/1 The total plasmatic concentrations of thyroid hormones..were measured by radioimmunology.
1993 Jrnl. Med. Primatol. 22 29 The reactivities of three human anti-D monoclonal antibodies..with human, chimpanzee, and gorilla red blood cells..were compared by quantitative radioimmunology.
2004 Toxicol. Lett. 147 28/2 The total plasmatic concentrations of thyroid hormones..were measured by radioimmunology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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