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DictionarySeeserumconvalescent serum
convalescent serum[¦kän·və¦les·ənt ′sir·əm] (immunology) The serum of the blood of one or more patients recovering from an infectious disease; used for prophylaxis of the particular infection. convalescent serum
con·va·les·cent se·rumserum from patients recently recovered from a disease; useful for diagnosis by demonstrating a fourfold increase in specific antibodies or in preventing or modifying by passive immunization the same disease in exposed susceptible people.convalescent serum Serum from a person who has recuperated from a particular infection–eg, scarlet fever, which may be of use in treating a person with the same infection; while acute-phase serum has ↑ IgM antibodies, CS has ↓ IgM, and ↑ IgG antibodiesconvalescent serumSerum from a person recovering from an infection.See also: serum |