immunohistochemistry

American  

[im-yuh-noh-his-toh-kem-uh-stree, ih-myoo-] / ˌɪm yə noʊˌhɪs toʊˈkɛm ə stri, ɪˌmyu- /

noun

1. the application of immunologic techniques to the chemical analysis of cells and tissues.

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immunohistochemistry British  

/ ˌɪmjʊnəʊˌhɪstəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ /

noun

1. the use of immunochemistry to study tissues

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Other Word Forms

• immunohistochemical adjective
• immunohistochemically adverb

Etymology

Origin of immunohistochemistry

immuno- + histochemistry

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Example Sentences

Through the use of immunohistochemistry, a method of staining microscopic cells to identify foreign pathogens that can cause illness, Dr. Zaki made advances in identifying little-known or mutating diseases.

From Washington Post

The lab performs two types of tests on samples: an immunohistochemistry test, or IHC, which takes about a week, and the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay test, or “ELISA,” which takes about a day.

From Washington Times

They used methods such as calcium imaging, mass spectrometry, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy and RNA sequencing to probe cellular function, morphology and molecular features3.

From Nature

On the basis of technology, the slide stainers market is segmented into hematoxylin and eosin, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, cytology, microbiology, hematology, and special staining.

From Washington Times

Rehg, J. E., Bush, D. & Ward, J. M. The utility of immunohistochemistry for the identification of hematopoietic and lymphoid cells in normal tissues and interpretation of proliferative and inflammatory lesions of mice and rats.

From Nature