Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quellung_reaction

1 sense of quellung reaction

Sense 1
quellung, quellung reaction -- (the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; "pneumococcus quellung")
       => organic process, biological process -- (a process occurring in living organisms)