"serotherapy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: serotherapies [plural]
Etymology: sero- + therapy Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sero|therapy}} sero- + therapy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} serotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural serotherapies)
  1. (medicine) The therapeutic use of sera or vaccines. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Homeopathy, Immunochemistry, Immunology, Medicine Derived forms: autoserotherapy, serotherapeutic Translations (the therapeutic use of sera or vaccines): seerumihoito (Finnish), seroterapia (Finnish), sérothérapie [feminine] (French), sieroterapia [feminine] (Italian)

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