Elisa
[ih-lis-uh, e-lee-suh]
- a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
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Also E·li·sia [ih-lish-uh] /ɪˈlɪʃ ə/.
ELISA
[ih-lahy-zuh, -suh]
- 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.
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Origin of ELISA
e(nzyme-)l(inked) i(mmuno)s(orbent) a(ssay)
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Contemporary Examples
When Jep closes his eyes, he sees Elisa and himself, young and naïve and with their whole empty lives ahead of them.
“I need you to tell me our story,” Elisa says to her husband.
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Elisa hides in her university office until she can piece together what she does for a living.
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After 15 years as a powerful Hollywood agent, Elisa Hallerman trades it in for life as an addiction counselor.
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Historical Examples
"You are triste yet," said Elisa Puyrredon, drawing her chair nearer to Marcelino.
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"I suppose it is," said Elisa, with something of weariness in her tone.
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I could easily have bribed Elisa if I had wanted to; nothing was easier.
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She abhorred Elisa at that moment, and started to scold her; she then begged her pardon.
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For my own part I never thought much of him since he refused to marry Elisa.
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ELISA
- 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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ELISA
(ĭ-lī′zə)- 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.
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