precipitin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of precipitin
First recorded in 1895–1900; precipit(ate) + -in 2
Example Sentences
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The fiction predated the science: German bacteriologist Paul Uhlenhuth discovered the precipitin test for human blood only in 1900.
From Nature ● Sep. 19, 2017
No white precipitin, as it is called, would form.
From The Silent Bullet by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
Plots representative of the precipitin curves are presented in Figs.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by William B. Stallcup
The formolized antigens seemed to have a greater antigenicity, in most instances, than did those which were unformolized, and precipitin reactions involving antisera produced against formolized antigens developed higher turbidities.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by William B. Stallcup
The precipitin test depends on a somewhat analogous reaction.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
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