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antiserums

antiserums is the plural of antiserum.

Meaning of antiserum

Noun

antiserum (countable and uncountable, plural antiserums or antisera)

  1. A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.
    • The polyclonal antibodies that Protherics had developed were based on the long established process for making antiserum by raising and extracting antibodies from animals exposed to antigens, rather than through monoclonal antibody technology; […]2016, Geoffrey Owen, Michael M. Hopkins, “Investors Retreat”, in Science, the State, and the City: Britain’s Struggle to Succeed in Biotechnology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 97

Questions about antiserums

What is antiserums the plural of?
Antiserums is the plural of antiserum.

Words near antiserums in the dictionary

  1. antiserotonergics
  2. antiserotonic
  3. antiserotonin
  4. antiserotoninergic
  5. antiserum
  6. antiserums
  7. antiservice
  8. antiset
  9. antisets
  10. antisettlement
  11. antisettler

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