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affinity chromatography

noun

Medical Definition of AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY

:  chromatography in which a macromolecule (as a protein) is isolated and purified by passing it in solution through a column that has been treated with a substance having a ligand for which the macromolecule has an affinity that causes it to be retained on the column

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