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serology
(sēr-ol´ә-je)
originally, the study of the in vitro reactions of immune sera, such as precipitin, agglutination, and complement fixation reactions. Currently, the term is used to refer to the use of such reactions to measure serum antibody titers in infectious
disease (serologic tests), to the clinical correlations of the antibody titer (the serology of a disease), and to the use of serologic reactions to
detect antigens (such as HLA antigens). adj., serolog´ic., adj.

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