Elisa

¹

[ 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 for

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

Elisa Ercoli of Differenza Donna, a charity that fights gender-based violence, told the BBC the messages had a tangible impact, with her organisation getting a high number of calls from parents who recognised similar behaviours in their daughters.

From BBC

Instead, Elisa Allen from the campaign group asked them to consider swapping "sly" with "clever".

From BBC

Here, those words are embroidered across the front of an unstructured, six-panel canvas ball cap in a typeface design created by Elisa Wong to brand the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Peta's vice president of programmes, Elisa Allen, who sent the letter, said: "Dogs in Britain's police forces never signed up to risk their lives, but are being battered on the front lines of riots and left to bake to death in hot cars."

From BBC

Earlier this year, for example, the county agreed to a $15-million legal settlement with the family of Elisa Serna, who died from inadequate medical care inside the Las Colinas women’s jail in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times