Ouchterlony
/ˌɒxtəˈləʊni/ /ˌɒktəˈləʊni/Immunology
noun
Used attributive and in the genitive with reference to a standard precipitin test which normally involves placing antigen and antibody in separate wells sunk into a layer of agar on a plate and observing the line of precipitation which develops as the substances meet after diffusing through the agar.
Origin
1950s. From the name of Örjan T. G. Ouchterlony, Swedish microbiologist and immunologist, who devised the test.
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- body carpet
- body carpeting
- body cavity
- body cell
- body-centred
- body chamber
- body check
- body clock
- body-cloth
- body clothing
- body coat
- body colour
- body composition
- body-con
- body contouring
- body copy
- body corporate
- body count
- body double
- body drop
- body dysmorphic disorder
- body English