(from the article `serological test`) ...purpose of such a test is to detect serum antibodies or antibody-like substances that appear specifically in association with certain diseases. ...
Synonym for flocculation reaction ... A form of precipitin reaction in which precipitation occurs over a narrow range of antigen-antibody ratio, due chiefly to peculiarities of the antibody (precipitin). ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
any serologic test in which flocculation takes place; usually applied to a variant form of the precipitin reaction.
Type: Term See: flocculation reaction