Term: Immunoassay
Definition: The measurement of an antigen-antibody interaction utilizing
such procedures as immunofluorescence, radioimmunoassay,
enzyme immunoassay or other nonradioisotopic techniques. In
drug testing, the antigen is a drug or metabolite and its
corresponding labeled analog; the antibody is a protein grown
in an animal and directed towards a specific drug, metabolite
or group of similar compounds.
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