noun
- Materials or substances used to selectively bind and remove specific antigens, antibodies, or other immune components from a solution or mixture, commonly used in laboratory and medical applications.
Usage: technical; plural form; used in immunology, biochemistry, and clinical diagnostics
Examples
- Immunosorbents are used in blood purification to remove harmful antibodies.
- The laboratory employed immunosorbents to isolate specific proteins from the serum sample.
- Immunosorbents containing monoclonal antibodies can selectively capture target antigens.
- Researchers developed new immunosorbents for improved diagnostic accuracy.
- The immunosorbents were packed into columns for chromatographic separation.
- Clinical applications of immunosorbents include removing circulating immune complexes from patients.