Seropositivity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being seropositive, of having blood serum that tests positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV. countable, uncountable

    "Pretest probability inversely correlates with the probability that the reported seropositivity is a false-positive."

  2. 2
    Seropositivity prevalence rate: synonym of seroprevalence. broadly, countable, metonymically, uncountable

    "At first, the prophylaxis budgeting efforts were triaged to the areas with the highest seropositivity."

Example

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"Pretest probability inversely correlates with the probability that the reported seropositivity is a false-positive."

Etymology

From seropositive + -ity, or sero- + positivity.

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