Etymology

seroprevalent

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Today it means: That gives a positive response to a blood test for a specific disease Full definition →

English prevalent ← Latin serum ← Proto-Italic *serom
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sér-o-
  3. Proto-Italic*serom
  4. Latinserum
  5. Englishserum
  6. Englishsero-
  7. Englishprevalent
  8. English todayseroprevalent

From sero- + prevalent.

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