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Adulteration: To corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; especially: to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients.
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Analysis: Chemical analysis designed to identify the components of a substance or mixture.
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Antibodies: Any of a large number of proteins of high molecular weight that are produced normally by specialized B cells after stimulation by an antigen and act specifically against the antigen in an immune response, that are produced abnormally by some cancer cells, and that typically consist of four subunits including two heavy chains and two light chains - called also immunoglobulin.
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Antigen: Usually protein or carbohydrate substance (as a toxin or enzyme) capable of stimulating an immune response.
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Array: Of, relating to, or involving quality or kind
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Conjugate: Joined together especially in pairs: COUPLED b: acting or operating as if joined
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Creatinine: A white crystalline strongly basic compound C4H7N3O formed from creatine and found especially in muscle, blood, and urine.
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Cross-Reactivity: Reaction of one antigen with antibodies developed against another antigen
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Cut-Off Level: A Cut-Off Level is the point at which a test shows positive
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Immunoassay: The identification of a substance (as a protein) based on its capacity to act as an antigen.
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