Elisa

¹

Also E·li·sia

[ih-lis-uh, e-lee-suh]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Elizabeth.

ELISA

²

[ih-lahy-zuh, -suh]

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.

ELISA

/ ɪˈlaɪzə /

acronym

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Elisa¹

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

Example Sentences

"We wanted to really show the damage -- to zoom in on exactly how pre- and post-synaptic terminals were being harmed," says Research Associate Elisa Nicoloso Simões-Pires.

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PrizePicks vice president of communications Elisa Richardson confirmed the deal in an email to The Times.

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A photo of redwood forests, said Elisa Shevlin Rizzo, head of family office advisory at J.P.

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Dash, whose team includes former software engineers from Moderna, automates common laboratory tests such as Elisa, or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, which is used for tasks such as evaluating a drug’s safety and efficacy.

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Typically Elisa assays are built from scratch for a specific application.

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