ANTISERUM


Meaning of ANTISERUM in English

/an"teuh sear'euhm/ , n. , pl. antiserums, antisera /-sear'euh/ .

a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.

[ 1900-05; ANTI- + SERUM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .