antiserum
noun [ C ] medical specialized uk/ˈæn.tiˌsɪə.rəm/ us/ˈæn.t̬iˌsɪr.əm/
抗血清
a blood serum (= a thin yellowish liquid taken from blood) that contains antibodies (= proteins produced to fight disease) against a particular virus, bacterium, etc., used to treat or protect against disease
There may be a delayed allergic reaction to the injection of an antiserum, caused by an antibody reaction to an antigen in the donor serum. 注射抗血清之后，可能会发生延迟的过敏反应，原因是针对供体抗原的抗体反应。
- More examples
- Rabies antiserum is the liquid form of anti-rabies immunoglobulin made from equine plasma obtained from horses that were immunized with rabies vaccine.
- They aimed to list all the venomous creatures in North and West Africa and the manufacturers of antiserums for their bites and stings.
- The plants were treated with antiserum to tobacco mosaic virus.
- Doctors tried giving anthrax sufferers huge amounts of penicillin, tetracycline and anthrax antiserum, probably from horses.