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cross-reaction

Syllabification: (cross-re·ac·tion)
Definition of cross-reaction

noun

Biochemistry
  • the reaction of an antibody with an antigen other than the one that gave rise to it.

Derivatives

cross-react

verb

cross-reactive

adjective

cross-reactivity

noun

cross-reaction in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cross-reaction in the British & World English dictionary