quellung reaction

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Noun1.quellung reaction - the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; "pneumococcus quellung"
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biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
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