antiserum
IPA: ˈæntisɛrʌm
noun
- (medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.
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Examples of "antiserum" in Sentences
- Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE.
- "Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE".
- Brave as she is, she did not panic at all, so that our doctor could inject her with the appropriate antiserum.
- Its blockade by the antiserum increased by up to 50 times the production of endogenous retroviruses in the culture medium.
- While the antiserum contains the necessary antibodies to neutralize the snake toxin, it also provides foreign proteins to which the body reacts.
- In Villejuif, France, Ion Gresser had prepared a potent antiserum neutralising any molecule of alpha endogenous interferon produced by individual cells.
- The antiserum that came out of this research would eventually rein in diphtheria, although it still appears in congested, poverty-stricken populations where sanitation is poor.
- Rebecca Day and daughter Mollie, 12, were given an infusion of the antiserum, which is not yet proven to work in humans, on May 27 after they were exposed to the girl's infected horse on the family's property at Tewantin.
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