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serology|sɪəˈrɒlədʒɪ|
[f. sero- + -logy.]
The study of blood serum; spec. the study of pathogens and other potential antigens by means of the immune responses which they induce as evidenced in blood serum; also, the serological characteristics of a disease or individual.
1909Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 11 Sept. 891/2 (heading) Serology of syphilis. 1921Glasgow Herald 22 Feb. 7 Medicine, surgery, and prevention of infectious diseases had been utterly revolutionised since bacteriology and serology were developed. 1948Nature 20 Mar. 428/1 The studies in systematic serology which have been conducted at Rutgers University since 1925. 1956Jrnl. Mammalogy XXXVII. 11 (heading) Comparative serology of carnivores. 1977Blut XXXV. 165 (heading) Erythrocyte serology of some malignant diseases. |
