Industry Terms Glossary

From cold chain to last-mile services, explore our glossary of commonly used terms for healthcare and life science organizations.

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The extent to which a given measurement or test agrees with the standard value for that measurement.The degree of correctness.
Material that is used to absorb moisture or liquids. Typically placed in shipments or products that have the potential of spilling its contents in order to maintain the integrity of the product or shipment.
An attractive force between various substances or particles that causes them to fuse into and remain in chemical combination, for example; the binding of antibody to antigen.
The grouping or collection of units or parts into a mass or whole.
The division of a laboratory sample into at least two smaller size vials.
The chemical substance being measured in an assay, usually contained in blood or other body fluids.
A blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances that the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood.
A substance that prevents coagulation, commonly used in reference to blood.Stops blood from clotting.
Antigens are usually foreign substances which enter the body and trigger the immune system to produce antibodies in order to fight off the potential infection. Antigens can be toxins, foreign blood cells, bacteria or the cells of transplanted organs.
The term given to a group of drugs that destroys or inhibits the growth of microorganisms.