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单词 seroconversion
释义

seroconversion

noun

se·​ro·​con·​ver·​sion ˌsir-ō-kən-ˈvər-zhən How to pronounce seroconversion (audio)
-shən
: the production of antibodies in response to an antigen
seroconvert
ˌsir-ō-kən-ˈvərt How to pronounce seroconversion (audio)
intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Putrino also noted that antibody tests have not performed as well as expected and that some patients did not experience seroconversion with COVID-19. Bymichael Depeau-wilson | Medpage Today, ABC News, 20 July 2022 The team was looking for seroconversion, or the appearance of antibodies in the blood as evidence of infection. Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2022 The seroconversion rate detects whether the vaccine produces COVID-19 antibodies—meaning the vaccine triggered antibodies in 97% of trial volunteers who received it—but doesn't necessarily prove that the vaccine protects against COVID-19. Fortune, 8 Dec. 2020

Word History

Etymology

sero- + conversion

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

seroconversion

noun

se·​ro·​con·​ver·​sion ˌsir-ō-kən-ˈvər-zhən How to pronounce seroconversion (audio) ˌser-ō- How to pronounce seroconversion (audio)
: the production of antibodies in response to an antigen
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