seroconvert

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verb

To become seropositive or seronegative: to be infected by a bloodborne pathogen or to recover from the infection.

OriginEnglish convert ← Middle English converten ← Old French convertir →
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Meanings

verbseroconvert (third-person singular simple present seroconverts, present participle seroconverting, simple past and past participle seroconverted)

present singular third person seroconverts · participle present seroconverting · participle past seroconverted · past seroconverted

  1. To become seropositive or seronegative: to be infected by a bloodborne pathogen or to recover from the infection.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sér-o-
  3. Proto-Italic*serom
  4. Latinserum
  5. Englishserum
  6. Englishsero-
  7. Latinconvertō
  8. Old Frenchconvertir
  9. Middle Englishconverten
  10. Englishconvert
  11. Englishseroconvert

From sero- + convert.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

controverse
Cite this entry
APA

seroconvert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seroconvert

MLA

“seroconvert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seroconvert. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seroconvert,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seroconvert.

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