convalescent serum
English
Noun
convalescent serum (plural convalescent serums)
- (medicine) 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.
Hypernyms
- antiserum
- (treatment): therapeutic
- (substance): blood serum
Derived terms
- convalescent serum therapy
Related terms
- serum
- antiserum
- antiserum therapy
- convalescent plasma
- convalescent plasma therapy
See also
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