radioimmunoassay

radioimmunoassay
/ray'dee oh im'yeuh noh as"ay, -a say", -i myooh'-/, n.
a test procedure that integrates immunologic and radiolabeling techniques to measure minute quantities of a substance, as a protein, hormone, or drug, in a given sample of body fluid or tissue.
[1960-65; RADIO- + IMMUNOASSAY]

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