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assay

[a-sey, as-ey, a-sey] / æˈseɪ, ˈæs eɪ, æˈseɪ /
NOUN
analysis
Synonyms
STRONG
appraisal assessment estimation evaluation examination inspection investigation measurement rating survey test trial valuation
Antonyms
STRONG
ignorance neglect
VERB
analyze
Synonyms
STRONG
appraise apprise assess check estimate evaluate examine eyeball inspect investigate measure peg prove rate read see size survey test try valuate value weigh
WEAK
check out size up
Antonyms
STRONG
ignore neglect

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Dash, whose team includes former software engineers from Moderna, automates common laboratory tests such as Elisa, or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, which is used for tasks such as evaluating a drug’s safety and efficacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 23, 2025

We set up an inhibition assay in test tubes.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

They developed an assay that can be used to screen drugs to see if they restore protein mobility by comparing each drug's effect on a simple biomarker with surface cysteines to one without.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

The new assay aligns with ongoing efforts by state and federal agencies, which have invested more than $10 million from 2004 to 2021 to manage the Burmese pythons alone.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

But when Montaigne used the word it meant an assay or a test.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.