Term: complement fixation: an immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination)
Candidate hypernym: immune response: a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen → 1
Candidate hypernym: table lamp: a lamp that sits on a table → 0
Candidate hypernym: wind generation: power derived from the wind (as by windmills) → 0
Candidate hypernym: yellow race: an Asian race → 0
Candidate hypernym: scalene triangle: a triangle with no two sides of equal length → 0
Candidate hypernym: profitableness: the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit → 0
Candidate hypernym: coarseness: the quality of being composed of relatively large particles → 0
Candidate hypernym: screech owl: small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus notornis: a genus of Rallidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: allspice: ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves → 0
Candidate hypernym: common multiple: an integer that is a multiple of two or more other integers → 0