decomplement, v. Immunol.
(diːˈkɒmplɪmɛnt)
[f. de- II. 2 + complement n.]
trans. To inactivate the complement in (blood serum of an animal).
| 1942 [implied in decomplemented ppl. a. below]. 1959 Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. CI. 505/1 Guinea pigs are difficult to decomplement by injection of antigen-antibody combinations. 1966 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. CXXXV. 585 A normal human serum was decomplemented in vitro by an antigen-antibody precipitate. 1976 Nature 11 Mar. 140/1 After 4 weeks, immune serum was collected and decomplemented at 56°C for 30 min. |
So deˈcomplemented ppl. a.and deˈcomplementing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1942 Jrnl. Exper. Med. LXXV. 291 Equivalent volume ‘decomplemented’ serum. 1955 Internat. Arch. Allergy & Appl. Immunol. VII. 8 The release of histamine by the decomplementing immune system might lead to a histamine depletion. Ibid., The plasma of the decomplemented rats showed a reduction in their anaphylatoxin forming capacity. 1965 Canad. Jrnl. Biochem. XLIII. 756 The secondary aim of the study was to elucidate the effects of three decomplementing procedures on the electrophoretic patterns. 1977 Lancet 3 Dec. 1152/2 Decomplemented sera from myelofibrosis patients were as effective as whole sera in their ability to induce healthy leucocytes to phagocytose immune complexes. |