seropositive
See also: séropositive
English
Etymology
Adjective
seropositive (not comparable)
- (of blood serum): Testing positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV (HIV positive).
- 2004, Paul D. Griffiths, “Cytomegalovirus”, in Arie J. Zuckerman et al. (editors), Principles and Practice of Clinical Virology, Fifth Edition,[1] John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 108:
- Other tests (marked ‘+ +’ in Table 2C.8) are more sensitive in that they produce higher antibody titres but they do not detect substantially more seropositive individuals in a population.
- 2004, Paul D. Griffiths, “Cytomegalovirus”, in Arie J. Zuckerman et al. (editors), Principles and Practice of Clinical Virology, Fifth Edition,[1] John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 108:
- (of a person or animal): Having seropositive blood serum.
Antonyms
- (of serum): seronegative
- (of a person): seronegative
Derived terms
Translations
testing positive for a given pathogen
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Noun
seropositive (plural seropositives)
- A person with that blood