Avidity

(thing) by BioTech Sun Jun 02 2002 at 1:35:07

The strength of a bond between an antibody and its antigen. Similar to affinity among enzymes and their substrates.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:59:04

A*vid"i*ty (?), n. [L. aviditas, fr. avidus: cf. F. avidit'e. See Avid.]

Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.

His books were received and read with avidity. Milward.

 

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