serotherapy

[seer-oh-ther-uh-pee]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.

serotherapy

/ ˌsɪərəʊˈθɛrəpɪ /

noun

1. the treatment of disease by the injection of serum containing antibodies to the disease

Other Word Forms

• serotherapist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of serotherapy¹

First recorded in 1890–95; sero- + therapy

Example Sentences

C. After the generalisation of serotherapy, from 1895 to 1905.

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The number of children who have been saved in France alone by serotherapy in fifteen years is therefore 1,350,000.

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These examples—antisepsis, tuberculosis, and serotherapy—will suffice perhaps to justify experimental pathology.

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The third discovery which I shall take as an example demonstrating the value of experimentation, is the history of Serotherapy.

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B. During the period of experimentation with serotherapy, from 1889 to 1894.

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