antiserum
7
6.1
A part of blood that contains proteins that fight a disease and gives quick protection
- noun
- /ˌæntiˈsɪrəm/
- Specialized
:
antisuero
- The doctor administered the antiserum to help the patient recover from the virus.
- polyclonal antiserum
- rabbit antiserum
- specific antiserum
Examples
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There is no antiserum for what I am offering you.
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The last of the antiserum drips into the animal's arm.
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Let's say the antiserum did work, General.
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Inside the refrigerator: a unit of antiserum just lying around.
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I think I can make an antiserum for Dr. Osborn.
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We had the antiserum and didn't use it.
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We had to synthesize the antiserum.
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We have an antiserum.
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We have the antiserum.
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Then Salt appears in the doorway holding a large plastic bag of Betsy's antiserum.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
7.7
A medicine made from blood proteins that gives quick temporary protection
is blood serum used for immunity without requiring unusually high antibody levels
How Neutralizing
antivenom
7
4.4
- Specialized
7
4.4
antitoxin
8
5.6
- Specialized
8
5.6
antiserum
7
6.1
- Specialized
7
6.1
antibody
72
3.3
- Specialized
72
3.3
toxin antitoxin
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Antiserum joins anti- ('against') and serum ('the liquid part of blood'). An antiserum is a part of blood that contains antibodies to fight a specific disease, so the name means 'a serum that fights' that disease.