See Also: assist 1, verb(dictionary)
assist(2)(dictionary)
Assist(medicine)
assist(1)(dictionary)
Assist - Basketball(gambling)
assist 2, noun(dictionary)
COUNSEL TO ASSIST(law)
heart-assist devices(medicine)
Biventricular assist device(health)
ventricular assist device(medicine)

Fab 2 (health) and assist 1, verb (oh)


Fab 2 (health)


A fragment of an antibody containing two antigen-binding sites generated by cleavage of the antibody molecule with the enzyme pepsin which cuts at the hinge region C-terminally to the inter-H-chain disulphide bond.





assist 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: assister 'to be present, help', from Latin assistere, from ad- 'to' + sistere 'to cause to stand']
[I and T] to help someone to do something
assist (sb) with/in sth
::You will be employed to assist in the development of new equipment.
see usage note help 1
[T] to make it easier for someone to do something
::They had no maps to assist them.