in·di·rect
adj 1 : not direct: as a : not resulting directly from an action or cause (as a disease) < effects of malaria> b : involving intermediate or intervening parts or pathways <stimulation of one eye elicits narrowing of the pupil of the other eye by an reaction> < attachment of a muscle through tendons> 2 : involving or being immunofluorescence in which antibodies of two kinds are used of which the first combine with a specific protein and the second contain a fluorescent label and combine with the antibodies of the first type indirectly adv
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