English Explanatory Dictionary

convalescent serum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

convalescent serum convalescent serums

Related words

serum antiserum antiserum therapy convalescent plasma convalescent plasma therapy curative cure inoculant inoculation inoculum vaccination vaccine

Derived words

convalescent serum therapy
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