ELISA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ELISA mean? 

• ELISA (noun)
  The noun ELISA has 1 sense:

1. an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria)

  Familiarity information: ELISA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELISA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ELISA; enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay

Hypernyms ("ELISA" is a kind of...):

assay (a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.)

 Context examples 

Any of several immunoassay methods that use an enzyme covalently linked to an antigen or antibody as a label; the most common types are enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and enzyme-multiplied immunoassay technique (EMIT).

(Enzyme Immunoassay, NCI Thesaurus)

Thus, detection of p24 antibodies by ELISA or Western analysis is a screening method utilized to determine the presence of HIV.

(HIV p24 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

For the latter group, the team measured pre-existing HA stem antibody levels with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) blood test and obtained additional blood samples 30 to 45 days later.

(New study reveals a novel indicator of influenza immunity, National Institutes of Health)

ELISAs may be used to help diagnose certain diseases.

(ELISA, NCI Dictionary)

The test works with a blood sample and uses a well-known lab technique called ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay).

(New blood test to detect Zika approved in Brazil, SciDev.Net)

A unit for semiquantitative measurement of IgG autoantibodies to proteins associated with negatively charged phospholipids evaluated in ELISA serum anticardiolipin or anionic phospholipid assay against an established reference standard.

(IgG Phospholipid Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit used for standardization of an allergenic product based on evaluation of product potency against reference standard in combined in vivo (skin test) and in vitro (IgE-based ELISA) testing.

(Bioequivalent Allergy Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit for semiquantitative measurement of IgM autoantibodies to proteins associated with negatively charged phospholipids evaluated in ELISA serum anticardiolipin or anionic phospholipid assay against an established reference standard.

(IgM Phospholipid Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called ELISA.

(Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, NCI Dictionary)

There are many different ways that an ELISA can be done.

(ELISA, NCI Dictionary)