serodiagnosis

se·ro·di·ag·no·sis

[seer-oh-dahy-uhg-noh-sis]
noun, plural se·ro·di·ag·no·ses [-seez] . Medicine/Medical.
a diagnosis involving tests on blood serum or other serous fluid of the body.
Also called immunodiagnosis.


Origin:
1895–1900; sero- + diagnosis

se·ro·di·ag·nos·tic [seer-oh-dahy-uhg-nos-tik] , adjective
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serodiagnosis se·ro·di·ag·no·sis (sēr'ō-dī'əg-nō'sĭs)
n. pl. se·ro·di·ag·no·ses (-sēz)
Diagnosis of disease based on reactions in the blood serum.

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