convalescent serum

noun

A blood serum created from the blood plasma of a person who has recovered from an infectious illness, which contains antibodies to the infectious disease factor (such as viruses). For convalescent serum therapy, the disease antiserum created from the plasma can be injected into an ill victim of that disease as a treatment.

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Meanings

nounconvalescent serum (plural convalescent serums)

plural convalescent serums

  1. medicineA blood serum created from the blood plasma of a person who has recovered from an infectious illness, which contains antibodies to the infectious disease factor (such as viruses). For convalescent serum therapy, the disease antiserum created from the plasma can be injected into an ill victim of that disease as a treatment.
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