Elisa

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

noun

a female given name, form of Elizabeth.

Also E·li·sia

[ih-lish-uh] /ɪˈlɪʃ ə/.

ELISA

[ih-lahy-zuh, -suh]

noun

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.

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

Origin of ELISA

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

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Examples from the Web for elisa

Contemporary Examples of elisa

When Jep closes his eyes, he sees Elisa and himself, young and naïve and with their whole empty lives ahead of them.
The New Fellini: Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Great Beauty’
Jimmy So
November 18, 2013
“I need you to tell me our story,” Elisa says to her husband.
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Mythili Rao
September 24, 2012
Elisa hides in her university office until she can piece together what she does for a living.
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Mythili Rao
September 24, 2012
After 15 years as a powerful Hollywood agent, Elisa Hallerman trades it in for life as an addiction counselor.
From High Life to a Helping Hand
Elisa Hallerman
September 12, 2011
They found that he was already a suspect in the disappearance of another woman: Elisa Claps.
Who Is the Haircut Killer?
Barbie Latza Nadeau
July 8, 2010

Historical Examples of elisa

"I suppose it is," said Elisa, with something of weariness in her tone.
Ponce de Leon
William Pilling
"You are triste yet," said Elisa Puyrredon, drawing her chair nearer to Marcelino.
Ponce de Leon
William Pilling
I could easily have bribed Elisa if I had wanted to; nothing was easier.
The Red and the Black
Stendhal
She abhorred Elisa at that moment, and started to scold her; she then begged her pardon.
The Red and the Black
Stendhal
For my own part I never thought much of him since he refused to marry Elisa.
The Red and the Black
Stendhal

British Dictionary definitions for elisa

ELISA

n acronym for

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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Medicine definitions for elisa

ELISA

[ĭ-lī′zə]

n.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; a sensitive immunoassay that uses an enzyme linked to an antibody or antigen as a marker for the detection of a specific protein, especially an antigen or antibody.