complement-fixing antigen

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• complement-fixing antibody — antibody that activates complement when reacted with antigen; IgM and IgG (the usual complement fixing antibodies) fix complement by the classical pathway, whereas IgA fixes complement by the alternative pathway. See also complement fixation,… …   Medical dictionary

• complement fixation — n the process of binding serum complement to the product formed by the union of an antibody and the antigen for which it is specific that occurs when complement is added to a mixture (in proper proportion) of such an antibody and antigen * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• complement fixation — n. Immunology the fixing of complement into the product of an antigen antibody reaction: used as an infection indicator in certain serologic tests that measure the presence or absence of free, active complement …   English World dictionary

• complement — Ehrlich term for the thermolabile substance, normally present in serum, that is destructive to certain bacteria and other cells sensitized by a specific c. fixing antibody. C. is a group of at least 20 distinct serum proteins, the …   Medical dictionary

• complement-fixation test — noun : a test for the presence of a particular antibody made by addition of complement and an indicator system to a mixture of known antigen and a serum suspected to contain the specific antibody for this antigen and used especially in the… …   Useful english dictionary

• complement-fixation test — /kom pleuh meuhnt fik say sheuhn/, Med. a test for diagnosing an infectious disease by detecting the presence of antibody in the blood, based on the fixing of a known quantity of complement to the antigen being tested and the specific antibody… …   Universalium

• Reovirus — A genus of viruses currently called Orthoreovirus (family Reoviridae) that are 80 nm in diameter, with distinct double layers of capsomeres, and have vertebrates as hosts; they have been recovered from children with upper respiratory tract… …   Medical dictionary

• ICFA — incomplete Freund adjuvant; induced complement fixing antigen …   Medical dictionary

• ICFA — • incomplete Freund adjuvant; • induced complement fixing antigen …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• antibody — An immunoglobulin molecule produced by B lymphoid cells with a specific amino acid sequence evoked in humans or other animals by an antigen (immunogen). These molecules are characterized by reacting specifically with the antigen in some… …   Medical dictionary

• Polyclonal antibodies — This article deals exclusively with the production of antibodies in vivo. For its medical and biological applications, see Antiserum. Polyclonal antibodies (or antisera) are antibodies that are obtained from different B cell resources. They are a …   Wikipedia