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avidity
a·vid·i·ty A0547800 (ə-vĭd′ĭ-tē)n. pl. a·vid·i·ties 1. Keen interest or enthusiasm: an avidity for sightseeing.2. Strong desire or craving: an insatiable avidity for power.3. See affinity.avidity (əˈvɪdɪtɪ) n1. the quality or state of being avid2. a. eagernessb. greed; avarice3. (Chemistry) chem a. the strength of an acid or base in proportion to its degree of dissociationb. another term for affinity6b4. (Biochemistry) immunol a measure of antigen-to-antibody binding, based on the rate of formation of the complexThesaurusNoun | 1. | avidity - a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with somethingavidness, eagerness, keennessenthusiasm - a feeling of excitementardor, ardour, elan, zeal - a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal" |
aviditynoun1. The quality or condition of being voracious:edacity, omnivorousness, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voracity.2. Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves:acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness, greed.Informal: grabbiness.Translationsavid (ˈӕvid) adjective eager. avid for information; an avid reader. 渴望的,熱切的 渴望的ˈavidly adverb 熱切地 渴望地aˈvidity noun 熱切 热望avidity
avidity[ə′vid·əd·ē] (immunology) The total binding strength of a polyvalent antibody (an antibody that has multiple binding sites for the same antigen) with a polyvalent antigen (an antigen with multiple identical antibody-binding sites); equivalent to the sum of the affinities at each of the binding sites. avidity
avidity [ah-vid´ĭ-te] 1. eagerness, or a strong attraction for something.2. in immunology, an imprecise measure of the strength of antigen-antibody binding based on the rate at which the complex is formed.a·vid·i·ty (ă-vid'ĭ-tē), The binding strength of an antibody for an antigen. [L. avidus, greedy, eager fr. aveo, to crave] avidity (ə-vĭd′ĭ-tē)n. pl. avidi·ties See affinity.avidity The degree of stability of an antibody’s binding with its antigen, which is a function of the number of shared binding sites and the binding energy of the antibody and antigen, which is the sum of the binding affinities of the combining sites on the antibody.avidity Immunology The degree of stability of an antibody's binding with its antigen, which is a function of the number of shared binding sites and the binding energy of an antibody and antigen–the sum of the binding affinities of the combining sites on the antibody. Cf Affinity. a·vid·i·ty (ă-vid'i-tē) A measure of the binding strength of a multivalent antibody to a multivalent antigen. See also: affinity[L. avidus, greedy, eager fr. aveo, to crave]avidity
Synonyms for aviditynoun the quality or condition of being voraciousSynonyms- edacity
- omnivorousness
- rapaciousness
- rapacity
- ravenousness
- voracity
noun excessive desire for more than one needs or deservesSynonyms- acquisitiveness
- avarice
- avariciousness
- covetousness
- cupidity
- graspingness
- greed
- grabbiness
Synonyms for aviditynoun a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with somethingSynonyms- avidness
- eagerness
- keenness
Related Words- enthusiasm
- ardor
- ardour
- elan
- zeal
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