elution
[ ĭ-lōō′shən ]
n.
The chromatographic process of using a solvent to extract an adsorbed substance from a solid adsorbing medium.
The removal of antibody from the antigen to which it is attached.
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a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
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Elura, elusion, elusive, elusory, elute, elution, elutriate, elutriator, eluvial, eluviate, eluviation
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Scientific definitions for elution
elution
[ ĭ-lōō′shən ]
The process of extracting a substance that is adsorbed to another by washing it with a solvent.♦ The substance used as a solvent in elution is called an eluent. ♦ The solution of the solvent and the substance that was adsorbed to another is called the eluate.
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