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2. Adjective. (sense of a person or animal) Having seronegative blood serum. ¹

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Definition of Seronegative

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Seronegative

1. Lacking an antibody of a specific type in serum; used to mean absence of prior infection with a specific agent (e.g., rubella virus), disappearance of antibodies after treatment of a disease (e.g., syphilis), or absence of antibody usually found in a given syndrome (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor). (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Seronegative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treatment of Opiate Addiction Using Methadone: A Counselor's Manual by Michael J. McCann, Richard A. Rawson, Jeanne L. Obert (1995)
"... I. INTRODUCTION PROTOTYPE FORMAT FOR COUNSELING PEOPLE WITH seronegative HIV ANTIBODY TEST RESULTS Detoxification A. INTRODUCE (OR REINFORCE YOURSELF IF ..."

2. Disease Prevention Through Immunization: Beginning Of Health Care Reform (2004)
"The measles ELISA assay detects antibodies that are specific indicators of measles protection (14,15). Athletes found to be seronegative to either antigen ..."

3. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"However, out of 17 seropositive farmers, six (35%) became seronegative, ... The nonsmoking farmers who remained seronegative throughout the follow-up period ..."

4. Treatment of Drug Dependent Individuals with Comorbid Mental Disorders edited by Lisa S. Onken, Jack D. Blaine, Sander Genser, Arthur M. Horton (1998)
"and the heterosexual seronegative sample from the AAHP (current = 7.7 ... Interestingly, these higher rates of depression in the seronegative gays and ..."

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