Immunofluorescence

Definition: Immunofluorescence

Immunofluorescence

Noun

1. (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue.

Specialty Definitions: Immunofluorescence

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	A technique for identifying molecules present on the surfaces of cells or in tissues using a highly fluorescent substance coupled to a specific antibody. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms by domain: fia (medicine), fluorescence immunoassay.

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Crosswords: Immunofluorescence

English words defined with "immunofluorescence": fluorescein isocyanate, fluorescein isothiocyanate ♦ indirect immunofluorescence. (references)

Specialty definitions using "immunofluorescence": AIDS Serodiagnosis, Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic ♦ Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita ♦ Microscopy, Fluorescence, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Immunofluorescence

Domain	Title
Books	An Atlas of Immunofluorescence in Cultured Cells (reference) Renal Glomerular Diseases: Atlas of Electron Microscopy with Histopathological Bases and Immunofluorescence Findings (reference) Atlas of human glomerular pathology; correlative light, immunofluorescence, and ultrastructural histology (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Immunofluorescence

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Serologic evaluations are conducted by using the indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA). (references)
		If immunofluorescence stain of smear or material is positive for the presence of Yersinia pestis F1 antigen. (references)
		In most laboratories, the indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) is the most dependable and widely used method. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Immunofluorescence

"Immunofluorescence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.12% of the time. "Immunofluorescence" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	94.12%	48	49,194
Noun (proper)	5.88%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	51	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Immunofluorescence

Expression using "immunofluorescence": indirect immunofluorescence. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Immunofluorescence

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
immunofluorescence	32
immunofluorescence indirect	3
immunofluorescence microscopy	3
immunofluorescence protocol	2
artery immunofluorescence	2
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Modern Translations: Immunofluorescence

Language		Translations for "immunofluorescence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		萤光免疫检验法. (various references)

Danish		immunofluorescensteknik (fluorescence immunoassay), immuno-fluorescens. (various references)

Dutch		immunofluorescentietoets (fluorescence immunoassay), immunofluorescentie. (various references)

Finnish		immunofluoresenssimenetelmä (fluorescence immunoassay), immunofluoresenssi. (various references)

French		immunofluorescence, immuno-essai par fluorescence (fluorescence immunoassay), IF, essai par immunofluorescence (fluorescence immunoassay). (various references)

German		Immunofluoreszenzversuch (fluorescence immunoassay), Immunofluoreszenz. (various references)

Greek		μέθοδος ανοσοφθορισμού (fluorescence immunoassay), ανοσοφθορισμός (fluorescence immunoassay). (various references)

Italian		immuno-fluorescenza, immunofluorescenza, IF, saggio immunofluorimetrico (fluorescence immunoassay). (various references)

Pig Latin		immunofluorescenceay.(various references)

Portuguese		imunofluorescência (fluorescence immunoassay). (various references)

Spanish		inmunofluorescencia (fluorescence immunoassay). (various references)

Swedish		immunofluorescens, fluorescens-immunanalys (fluorescence immunoassay), fluorescence immunoassay (fluorescence immunoassay). (various references)
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Derivations: Immunofluorescence

Derivations
	Words beginning with "immunofluorescence": immunofluorescences. (additional references)
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Anagrams: Immunofluorescence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-e-f-i-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-r-s-u-u"
	-5 letters: inflorescence, unceremonious.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-e-f-i-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-r-s-u-u"
	+1 letter: immunofluorescences.
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