convalescent serum en · NOUN
Meanings
- A blood serum created from the blood plasma of a person who has recovered from an infectious illness, which contains antibodies to the infectious disease factor (such as viruses). For convalescent serum therapy, the disease antiserum created from the plasma can be injected into an ill victim of that disease as a treatment.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| convalescent serums | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
blood serum (substance) · antiserum · therapeutic (treatment)
Relateds
inoculum · vaccination · serum · inoculant · antiserum therapy · curative · vaccine · convalescent plasma therapy · convalescent plasma · antiserum · inoculation · cure