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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The science that deals with the properties and reactions of serums, especially blood serum.
- noun The characteristics of a disease or organism shown by study of blood serums.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The scientific, study or medical use of sera. See
serumtherapy andimmunity , 5.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
science that studies thereaction betweenantigens andantibodies inserum . - noun The characteristics of the
blood serums of a particulardisease ororganism . - noun informal A
blood test to detect the presence of antibodies.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of medical science that deals with serums; especially with blood serums and disease
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Examples
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Dengue diagnosis depends on serology, which is not useful in the early phase of the disease and virus isolation, which is laborious and time consuming.
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The review started in October 2007, days after DNA evidence cleared Ronald Taylor of sexual assault in a case where HPD analysts performed faulty tests on body-fluid evidence, known as serology, a precursor to DNA testing.
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If we consider that the replication of the virus requires the accurate synthesis of an enormously complicated molecule which is unknown to the host, though not as to general type, yet in all the details of its pattern and therefore of the synthetic steps involved, and if we consider further what extraordinary production an organism puts on to perform in an orderly way the most minute oxidation or synthesis in all those cases that do not involve the copying of a particular pattern - setting aside serology, which is a thing by itself - then it seems impossible to assume that the enzyme-system for the host could be modified in such a far-reaching way by the injection of a virus.
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The estimate isn't based on "serology" reports, where a group of randomly sampled people have their blood tested to see how many have been exposed to the virus.
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"Were you asked to conduct a paternity test for Lee Anthony as to being the potential father of Caylee Anthony," Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, asked serology expert Heather Seubert.
Casey Anthony Trial: Lawyers Raise Incest Issues, Question FBI Witness About Paternity Tests The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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To evaluate diagnoses and assess the usefulness of serology and presenting symptoms in IBD patients five years of age or younger.
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To diagnose gluten sensitivity, Dr. Fasano relies on a few tests to rule out other causes while confirming the reaction negative immune-allergy tests to wheat, negative celiac serology, negative duodenal histopathology, presence of biomarkers of gluten immune-reaction.
Manuel Villacorta: Should Everyone Avoid Gluten for Good Health? Manuel Villacorta 2012
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Intestinal damage correlation with serology, glycemic control, anthropometry, and laboratory values in type 1 diabetic children at time of celiac disease diagnosis.
Research 2010
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To diagnose gluten sensitivity, Dr. Fasano relies on a few tests to rule out other causes while confirming the reaction negative immune-allergy tests to wheat, negative celiac serology, negative duodenal histopathology, presence of biomarkers of gluten immune-reaction.
Manuel Villacorta: Should Everyone Avoid Gluten for Good Health? Manuel Villacorta 2012
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To diagnose gluten sensitivity, Dr. Fasano relies on a few tests to rule out other causes while confirming the reaction negative immune-allergy tests to wheat, negative celiac serology, negative duodenal histopathology, presence of biomarkers of gluten immune-reaction.
Manuel Villacorta: Should Everyone Avoid Gluten for Good Health? Manuel Villacorta 2012
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