serotype

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noun

A group of microorganisms characterised by a specific set of antigens.

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Meanings

nounserotype (plural serotypes)

plural serotypes

  1. immunologyA group of microorganisms characterised by a specific set of antigens.

    An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination.

    2012, Gerald T. Keusch, “Invasive Bacterial Diarrheas”, in Lincoln Chen, editor, Diarrhea and Malnutrition, page 54

    Synonyms: serostrain, serovar

verbserotype (third-person singular simple present serotypes, present participle serotyping, simple past and past participle serotyped)

present singular third person serotypes · participle present serotyping · participle past serotyped · past serotyped

  1. To assign or classify according to serotypes

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA group of microorganisms characterised by a specific set of antigens.

Similar
serostrainserovar
Also see
serovar

Origin

From sero- + -type.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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