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complement fixation
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complement fixation
com·ple·ment fix·a·tion


noun 
Definition:
 
binding of blood proteins to antibody-antigen: the process in which a group of blood proteins complement is bound to a specific combined antibody-antigen pair as part of the immune reaction to foreign cells
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