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antiserum
[ an-tuh-seer-uhm ]
noun
- a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
antiserum
/ 藢忙苍迟瑟藞蝉瑟蓹谤蓹尘 /
noun
- blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
antiserum
- Human or animal serum containing one or more antibodies that are specific for one or more antigens and are administered to confer immunity. The antibodies in an antiserum result from previous immunization or exposure to an agent of disease.
- See also acquired immunity
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of antiserum1
Example Sentences
In the late 1800s, an effective treatment with an antiserum was developed.
鈥淭he antibodies described here are promising candidates鈥 to replace horse antiserum, the scientists write in a paper published today in Scientific Reports.
If you had smallpox, you鈥檝e got about 10 days to provide vaccines and antiserum. and we鈥檝e got enough vaccine to provide for everyone in the United States.
Of those, the researchers selected 44 especially well-preserved artifacts and subjected them to antiserum testing looking for proteins, specifically proteins from animals鈥攎ost specifically proteins from animals that would have been used for food.
"The other possibility I'm trying to work on is to develop an antiserum from horses聽鈥撀爐he way we do with rabies聽鈥撀爁or women we know are pregnant."
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