immunocytochemistry, n. Biochem.
(ˌɪmjuːnəʊ-, ɪˈmjuːnəʊˌsaɪtəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ)
[f. immuno- + cytochemistry s.v. cyto-.]
The cytochemistry of the immune system; spec. the body of microscopical techniques used in the study of cells of the immune system.
| 1961 Amer. Jrnl. Path. XXXIX. 589 Immunocytochemistry has recently been applied to the demonstration within liver tissue of both antigen and gamma globulin. 1978 Nature 29 June 771/2 (caption) Ultrathin sections were etched for 4 min. in a saturated solution of sodium hydroxide in ethanol, and subjected to indirect immunocytochemistry. 1990 Lancet 11 Aug. 369/2 It is very important to establish the true incidence of CJD in the light of newer diagnostic techniques, including immunocytochemistry and PrP gene analysis. |
So immunoˌcytoˈchemical a.; hence immunoˌcytoˈchemically adv., by means of immunocytochemical techniques or for immunocytochemical purposes.
| 1960 Jrnl. Exper. Med. CXI. 285 (heading) Immunocytochemical study of gamma globulin in liver in hepatitis and postnecrotic cirrhosis. 1976 Nature 8 July 92/2 It [sc. somatostatin] has been localised immunocytochemically in the neurones of the nucleus periventricularis of the hypothalamus. 1984 Holtzman & Novikoff Cells & Organelles (ed. 3) iv. ii. 576 The calmodulin found in the spindle in immunocytochemical studies is located between the chromosomes and the poles. 1989 Lancet 13 May 1044/3 Breast cancer as determined immunocytochemically on fine-needle aspirates..has been assessed. |