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saturation analysis (medicine)


saturation analysis -->
competitive binding assay
General term for an assay in which a binder competes for labelled versus unlabelled ligand; following separation of free and bound ligand, the ligand (the analyte assayed) is quantitated by relating bound and unbound ratios to known standards.

See: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, radioreceptor assay, immunoassay, enzyme-multiplied immunoassay technique, radioimmunoassay.

Synonym: displacement analysis, saturation analysis.


ptilopaedic (medicine)


ptilopaedic
<ornithology, zoology> Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered with down; dasypaedic; said of the young of certain birds.

Source: Websters Dictionary