antiglobulin test
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antiglobulin test
or Coombs test
a test for the presence of incomplete antibody against red blood cells. It entails the addition of heteroantibody to immunoglobulin (i.e. antiglobulin) to cause the agglutination of red blood cells previously coated with nonagglutinating incomplete antibody. Compare double-antibody method. [After Robin Royston Amos Coombs (b. 1921), British immunologist and hematologist who (with others) described it in 1945.]
a test for the presence of incomplete antibody against red blood cells. It entails the addition of heteroantibody to immunoglobulin (i.e. antiglobulin) to cause the agglutination of red blood cells previously coated with nonagglutinating incomplete antibody. Compare double-antibody method. [After Robin Royston Amos Coombs (b. 1921), British immunologist and hematologist who (with others) described it in 1945.]
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