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titre

American  
[tahy-ter, tee-] / ˈtaɪ tər, ˈti- /

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a variant of titer.


titre British  
/ ˈtaɪtə, ˈtiː- /

noun

    1. the concentration of a solution as determined by titration

    2. the minimum quantity of a solution required to complete a reaction in a titration

  1. the quantity of antibody present in an organism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of titre

C19: from French titre proportion of gold or silver in an alloy, from Old French title title


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This is followed by a phase that is characterized by plateauing of the prion titre, which continues until the onset of clinical signs.

From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2016

The first is a clinically silent exponential phase, the rate of which is not limited by PrPC concentration, that rapidly reaches a maximal prion titre.

From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2016

The anchorless PrPSc is highly infectious without causing toxicity112, and in other mammalian prion systems, the infectivity titre and toxicity seem to be uncoupled113.

From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2016

We were all there for our jour civique, a daylong class in French history and government that is mandatory for all applicants for a titre de sejour, France’s residency card.

From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2014

But no other maitresse en titre had ruled him and France since then.

From Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune

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