Help! Please Simplify This Definition For Me!?

Question

Ok Well I Turned 10 Today.

I Am A Very Good Speller.

I Can Already Spell A Word That Most People A Lot Older Than Me Can't Spell. I Can Already Spell Immunoelectrophoretically.

I Memorized That Word In About 1-3 Minutes.

Well My Mom Says That In Order To Memorize It Better I Should Learn The Definition.

This Is The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Definition Of The Word.

electrophoretic separation of proteins followed by identification by the formation of precipitates through specific immunologic reactions

Thanks to anyone who can simplify it for me.

Answer 1

actually, that word is not that hard to spell, hun. all you have to do is sound it out. and stop starting all your words in Caps. Its Freaking Annoying.

Answer 2

Well, happy birthday! :)

This is a complicated scientific term, so I can't give you the *science* behind it. However, I'll break it down like this:

Immunoeletrophoretics is a way of determining, or measuring, the blood levels of certain immunoglobulins.

That is to say, immunoelectrophoretics is a way or test to tell how much of a certain immunoglobulin is in the blood.

Now, an immunoglobulin is an antibody that "binds" to invading organisms in order to destroy them. In other words, this is related to the immune system and possibly allergies (thus the "immuno" at the beginning of the word.)

The word ends in "al-ly,"  which means it is an adverb. What is an adverb? It is a word that describes a verb or an adjective. In this case, it means that the measurement is done BY immunoelectrophoretics.... So, it's done immunoeletrophoreticALLY.

FOr instance, if you send a message electronicAL-LY, you are sending BY ELECTRONICS.

Does that help?

Again, I can't explain the science to you, but you don't really have to know that to have a basic understanding of what the word means: It is a way figuring out how much of a certain immunoglobulin (or you could say "antibody") is in someone's blood.

I hope that helps. :)

Happy birthday and congratulations on your new word! :)