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Elisa

1

[ ih-lis-uh, e-lee-suh ]

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Elizabeth.


ELISA

2

[ ih-lahy-zuh, -suh ]

noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. a sensitive diagnostic test for past or current exposure to an infectious agent, as the AIDS virus: a sample of blood is added to proteins from the agent, and any antibodies that combine with the proteins, indicating a history of infection, are detected by adding a test antibody linked to an enzyme that causes a color change.
  2. Biology, Medicine/Medical. any similar test using proteins as a probe for the identification of antibodies or antigens.

ELISA

/ ɪˈɪə /

acronym for

  1. enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: an immunological technique for accurately measuring the amount of a substance, for example in a blood sample
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Elisa1

e(nzyme-)l(inked) i(mmuno)s(orbent) a(ssay)
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Example Sentences

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Elisa Pabon said she was Colombian American and had received funding via NIH initiatives meant to promote diversity and aid scholars from underrepresented communities — programs that she said have been eliminated by Trump.

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Italian rider Elisa Longo Borghini was among the favourites with Kopecky and also chasing a third Tour of Flanders title, but had to withdraw after crashing around 95km from the finish.

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Based in the town of Vonnas outside the French city of Lyon, the restaurant earned its first star back in 1929 under Georges' grandmother, Élisa Blanc, and has held at least one star from the coveted restaurant rating guide ever since.

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“We’re seeing a lot of things happen very quickly that aren’t well thought out,” said Elisa Cardnell, CEO of the Service Women’s Action Network, an advocacy organization for women in the armed forces.

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Elisa Wells, co-founder of Plan C, an information repository about telehealth abortion access, said they expect any challenge to their work to run afoul of free speech protections.

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