Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: kaleidoscopic (Adjective). Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope. kaleidoscopic (Adjective). Brightly coloured and continuously changing in pattern, as if in a kaleidoscope.
The Duffy blood group antigen serves not only as blood group antigen, but also as a receptor for a family of proinflammatory cytokines termed chemokines, and as a receptor for Plasmodium vivax malaria parasites.ndividuals with the Duffy-negative phenotype are resistant to P. vivax invasion, and the molecular mechanism that gives rise to the phenotype Fy(a-b -) in black individuals has been associated with a point mutation - 33TC expressed in homozigosity in the FYB allele [5].
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a protein that is found in many types of cells. It is associated with tumors or a developing fetus. Blood levels of this protein disappear after birth. In adults, CEA may be a possible sign of cancer. The CEA test is performed to monitor the severity of cancer or tumors in the patients. The values obtained after the CEA test indicates the response of body to the therapy.