antiserum

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noun

A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounantiserum (countable and uncountable, plural antiserums or antisera)

plural antiserums · plural antisera

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA 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

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Origin

  1. Englishanti-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ser-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sér-o-
  4. Proto-Italic*serom
  5. Latinserum
  6. Englishserum
  7. Englishantiserum

From anti- + serum.

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Translations

Catalan antisèrum
  • antisèrumserum containing antibodies
Czech antisérum
  • antisérumserum containing antibodies
Danish antiserum
  • antiserumserum containing antibodies
Hungarian ellenszérum, antiszérum
  • ellenszérumserum containing antibodies
  • antiszérumserum containing antibodies
Portuguese antissoro
  • antissoroserum containing antibodies
Spanish antisuero
  • antisueroserum containing antibodies

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APA

antiserum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiserum

MLA

“antiserum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiserum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiserum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiserum.

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