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| a·vid·i·ty [ ə víddətee ] |
noun |
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1. eagerness or greed: great eagerness or enthusiasm for something
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2. chemistry Same as affinity (sense 6)
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3. immunology strength of antigen-antibody binding: a measure of the strength with which an antibody binds to an antigen
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| [15th century. Directly or via French< Latin aviditas< avidus< avere "to desire"] |