| nitroblue tetrazolium |
a yellow water-soluble dye that on reduction is converted to a dark blue water-insoluble formazan; see also under test.
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| nitroblue tetrazolium t. |
a test of neutrophil microbicidal function; neutrophils are incubated with latex particles and nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT). Normally phagocytosis of the particles is accompanied by reduction of NBT to a blue formazan pigment; absence of NBT reduction indicates a defect in some of the metabolic pathways involved in intracellular microbial killing, as seen in chronic granulomatous disease.
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