IF Medical Abbreviation

Immunofluorescent Assay

Immunofluoresence

The technique to determine the location of an antigen or antibody in a tissue section or smear by fluorescence.

Immunofluorescence

Immunofluorescence is a technique used for light microscopy with a fluorescence microscope and is used primarily on microbiological samples. This technique uses the specificity of antibodies to their antigen to target fluorescent dyes to specific biomolecule targets within a cell, and therefore allows visualization of the distribution of the target molecule through the sample.

Infraspinatus

Insoluble Fiber

Insoluble Fractions

Interfacial

Interfascicular

Interferon

One of a family of proteins that are liberated by special host cells in the mammal in response to viral infection. The interferons attach to an infected cell, where they stimulate antiviral protein synthesis.