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antirotaviral

antirotaviral adjective: describing any antibody that reacts with a rotavirus.

Adjective

antirotaviral (not comparable)

  1. Describing any antibody that reacts with a rotavirus.
    • No antirotaviral antibody is detected at birth in caesarean-derived 18 day-old fetuses from seropositive dams.2012, Pravin Bhatt, Viral and Mycoplasmal of Laboratory Rodents
    • These antirotaviral antibodies are likely to provide a passive protection in the child ( 71 ).2015 August 19, Sara M. Parigi et al., “Breast Milk and Solid Food Shaping Intestinal Immunity”, in Frontiers in Immunology, volume 6, →DOI

Origin of antirotaviral

From anti- + rotaviral.

Questions about antirotaviral

What does antirotaviral mean?
Antirotaviral means describing any antibody that reacts with a rotavirus.
What part of speech is antirotaviral?
Antirotaviral is an adjective.

Words near antirotaviral in the dictionary

  1. antiromantics
  2. antiroom
  3. antirooms
  4. antirotating
  5. antirotation
  6. antirotaviral
  7. antirotavirus
  8. antiroutine
  9. antiroyal
  10. antiroyalism
  11. antiroyalist

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