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• Elisa
  Elisa

  noun

  a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
• ELISA
  ELISA

  noun

  a sensitive diagnostic test for past or current exposure to an infectious agent, as the AIDS virus: a sample of blood is added to proteins from the agent, and any antibodies that combine with the proteins, indicating a history of infection, are detected by adding a test antibody linked to an enzyme that causes a color change.

Elisa

¹ American  

[ih-lis-uh, e-lee-suh] / ɪˈlɪs ə, ɛˈli sə /

Also Elisia

noun

1. a female given name, form of Elizabeth.

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ELISA ² American  

[ih-lahy-zuh, -suh] / ɪˈlaɪ zə, -sə /

noun

1. Medicine/Medical. a sensitive diagnostic test for past or current exposure to an infectious agent, as the AIDS virus: a sample of blood is added to proteins from the agent, and any antibodies that combine with the proteins, indicating a history of infection, are detected by adding a test antibody linked to an enzyme that causes a color change.

2. Biology, Medicine/Medical. any similar test using proteins as a probe for the identification of antibodies or antigens.

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ELISA British  

/ ɪˈlaɪzə /

acronym

1. enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: an immunological technique for accurately measuring the amount of a substance, for example in a blood sample

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Etymology

Origin of ELISA

e(nzyme-)l(inked) i(mmuno)s(orbent) a(ssay)

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Example Sentences

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Elisa ELISA

Some of the Times’ information came from Elisa Rios, Peltola’s former campaign manager, who spoke to the paper after she was fired in August.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Lula "is someone you can tell is always open to listening, to hearing criticism -- obviously constructive criticism," Ana Elisa told AFP at a park in Divinopolis, her hometown in southeastern Brazil.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

It’s about “preparing our water systems for wildfires while recognizing their practical limits,” said Elisa Rivera, a spokesperson for Caballero.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Elisa Markula, chief executive of Finland's state-owned railway operator VR, said she hopes the service will benefit from a "renaissance" in rail travel across Europe.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

It was called a rapid Elisa test, and it was sensitive and easy to perform.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Common tests like the ELISA, on which Hallisey based her project, rely on mixtures of protein and water to trigger the chemical reactions that lead to positive or negative results.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2015

The boys based their idea off a common testing method that’s been in use for decades, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, or ELISA, reported the BBC.

From Forbes ● Jun. 25, 2015

This process takes a few minutes at home, versus the two hours it would typically take a laboratory to run a comparable test using ELISA, Khattak said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2014

An additional lab test: The doctor ordered a Lyme Western blot and ELISA.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2012

The annual cost of all this testing, including the ELISA, confirmation tests and counseling, would probably be counted in the billions.

From Time Magazine Archive

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