serological, a.
(sɪərəˈlɒdʒɪkəl)
[f. sero- + -logical.]
Pertaining to, by means of, or involving serology; (of strains of micro-organism) distinguishable by serology.
| 1911 Lancet 4 Feb. 319/2 Serological tests for blood. 1917 Lancet 8 Dec. 847/1 Arkwright..was unable by serological methods to establish any specific differences between epidemic and sporadic strains of the meningococcus. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Dec. 1054/4 Serological diagnosis of cancer. 1946 Nature 14 Dec. 879/2 The very similar chemical and physical properties and behaviour of the specific blood-group factors..forced one to rely on serological techniques for their differentiation. 1955 New Biol. XIX. 9 Pneumococci are classified into various serological types on the basis of the polysaccharides which form their capsules. 1966 Punch 7 Dec. 863/2 Recently the British Veterinary Association were given figures which showed how much sub-clinical ill-health may perhaps be due to brucella. Of three hundred and nine vets examined sixty-three per cent had serological evidence of infection. 1977 Dædalus Summer 165 It took a great deal of time, and work, before it could be understood that..there were more than forty different serological types of the principal streptococcal species responsible for human disease. |
Hence seroˈlogically adv.
| 1913 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 6 Sept. 808/2 Serologically all nervous diseases are divided into two general and easily distinguishable classes, the negative and positive types. 1976 Ann. Rev. Microbiol. XXX. 107 Each fungus contains two serologically unrelated and electrophoretically distinguishable viruses. |