avidity
/əˈvɪdəti/
noun
- 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.
- 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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