avidity

Definitions


[əˈvɪdɪti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- keen interest or enthusiasm
(e.g: he read detective stories with avidity)

- the overall strength of binding between an antibody and an antigen


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from French avidité or Latin aviditas, from avidus ‘eager, greedy’




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