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cross-reaction

[kraws-ree-ak-shuh n-kros-]

noun

an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.

Origin of cross-reaction

First recorded in 1945–50

Related formscross-re·ac·tive, adjectivecross-re·ac·tiv·i·ty, noun

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cross reaction in Medicine

cross reaction

n.

A specific reaction between an antiserum and an antigen complex other than the complex that caused the production of the specific antibodies of the antiserum.

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