avidity

/əˈvɪdəti/
noun
  1. Great eagerness or enthusiasm for something.
    • She read the mystery novel with such avidity that she finished it in one night.
    • His avidity for learning new languages led him to study five different ones.
    • The young musician practiced the piano with avidity, hoping to improve every day.
  2. In science, the strength of a binding interaction, especially between an antibody and an antigen.
    • The avidity of the antibody for the virus was high, making the immune response very effective.
    • High avidity between the two molecules meant they stayed attached for a long time.
    • Researchers measured the avidity of the drug's binding to its target protein.
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