avidity

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noun

Greediness; strong appetite.
Eagerness; intenseness of desire.“to eat with avidity”
The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.

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alacrity eagerness enthusiasm liveliness avidness keenness greed edacity avarice appetency cupidity appetite pleonexia voracity lickerousness gulosity overgreediness gluttony

Associated

antibodies affinity binding tumor molecules proteins virus interaction target protein cells cell

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