Definition of seronegative in English:
seronegative
adjectiveˌsɪərəʊˈnɛɡətɪvˌsɪroʊˈnɛɡədɪv
Medicine Giving a negative result in a test of blood serum, e.g. for the presence of a virus.
Example sentencesExamples
- The primary purpose of the varicella immunisation programme for healthcare workers is to protect seronegative patients.
- Because these women initially are seronegative, serologic screening tests for HSV do not accurately detect those at highest risk.
- This approach requires that seronegative people are tested by these methods.
- At the time of the third survey in November 1984 all children under the age of 5 years who were seronegative for hepatitis B virus infection were vaccinated.
- When she was 14 years old, she had received a diagnosis of seronegative chronic active hepatitis, based on a liver biopsy.
Derivatives
noun
Medicine First, an incident must be reported, and second, the worker's baseline seronegativity and subsequent seroconversion must be documented.
Example sentencesExamples
- Two tests were used to assess HIV seronegativity.
- On the other hand, seronegativity implies that there is susceptibility to the infection.
- True seronegativity in the later stages of Lyme disease is uncommon.
- These findings were comparable with the study from South Africa which showed a seronegativity of 20 per cent for measles among fully immunized population, 72 per cent for mumps and 66 per cent for rubella.
Definition of seronegative in US English:
seronegative
adjectiveˌsɪroʊˈnɛɡədɪvˌsirōˈneɡədiv
Medicine Giving a negative result in a test of blood serum, e.g. for the presence of a virus.
Example sentencesExamples
- The primary purpose of the varicella immunisation programme for healthcare workers is to protect seronegative patients.
- When she was 14 years old, she had received a diagnosis of seronegative chronic active hepatitis, based on a liver biopsy.
- This approach requires that seronegative people are tested by these methods.
- At the time of the third survey in November 1984 all children under the age of 5 years who were seronegative for hepatitis B virus infection were vaccinated.
- Because these women initially are seronegative, serologic screening tests for HSV do not accurately detect those at highest risk.