seropositive en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *sér-o-der. Proto-Italic *serom Latin serumder. English serum English sero- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin īvus Latin positivusder. Old French positifbor. English positive English seropositive From sero- + positive.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of blood serum, testing positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV (HIV positive).
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(not-comparable) Of a person or animal, having seropositive blood serum.
Other tests (marked ‘+ +’ in Table 2C.8) are more sensitive in that they produce higher antibody titres but they do not detect substantially more seropositive individuals in a population.
2004, Paul D. Griffiths, “Cytomegalovirus”, in Arie J. Zuckerman et al., editors, Principles and Practice of Clinical Virology, 5th edition, John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 108:They offer individual and group counseling to seropositive individuals, street outreach education, and an educational workshop series for people at risk.
1990 April 21, Robb Johnson, “AIDS Education in Guatemala”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
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Translations (8)
ca seropositiu (testing positive for a given pathogen) · it sieropositivo (testing positive for a given pathogen) · es seropositivo (testing positive for a given pathogen) · pl seropozytywny (testing positive for a given pathogen) · pt soropositivo (testing positive for a given pathogen) · fr séropositif (testing positive for a given pathogen) · fi seropositiivinen (testing positive for a given pathogen) · pt seropositivo (testing positive for a given pathogen)