Definition of "immunochemistry" [immunochemistry]

• The chemistry of immunologic phenomena, as of antigen-antibody reactions. (noun)

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• "By clarifying the principal chemical structure of immunoglobulins you achieved an extremely important break-through in the field of immunochemistry."
• "Most important, research work will be done at this center and all the immunochemistry laboratories in this country will be run from this center; it will be the general staff of the scientific-technical directorate -- not the administrative directorate but the scientific-technical directorate."
• "In the near future, the hospital will also have automatic and computerized equipment in the laboratories, immunological radio tests, fast diagnosis using microbiology, clinical immunology and enzymology, clinical genetics, electronic microscopy, immunochemistry."