immunohistochemistry

[im-yuh-noh-his-toh-kem-uh-stree, ih-myoo-]

noun

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

immunohistochemistry

/ ˌɪmjʊnəʊˌhɪstəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ /

noun

1. the use of immunochemistry to study tissues

Other Word Forms

• immunohistochemical adjective
• immunohistochemically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of immunohistochemistry¹

immuno- + histochemistry

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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