Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Indicating a negative reaction to a serological blood test, especially one testing for the presence of antibodies.
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- adjective : Testing
negative for a givenpathogen , especiallyHIV . - adjective of a person or animal : Having seronegative blood serum.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dr. Chang-Miller's primary field is rheumatology with special interests in inflammatory joint diseases called seronegative spondyloarthropathies such as ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis.
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Dr. Chang-Miller's primary field is rheumatology with special interests in inflammatory joint diseases called seronegative spondyloarthropathies such as ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis.
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Dr. Chang-Miller's primary field is rheumatology with special interests in inflammatory joint diseases called seronegative spondyloarthropathies such as ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis.
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Last week, I was diagnosed with seronegative arthritis, in addition to the fibromyalgia.
The Health FAQ 2007
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Crohn learned about Delta 32 after he was enrolled in a 1994 Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center study of a dozen HIV-exposed individuals who remained seronegative over long periods of time.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Last week, I was diagnosed with seronegative arthritis, in addition to the fibromyalgia.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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Crohn learned about Delta 32 after he was enrolled in a 1994 Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center study of a dozen HIV-exposed individuals who remained seronegative over long periods of time.
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Everyone might come back seronegative, and you'd never know if it was the test or the truth was his direct quote.
Sitemeter Loves Me 1 Dinosaur 2007
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A patient who has tested seronegative may have a clinical presentation consistent with Lyme disease, especially if there is no evidence to indicate another illness.
Archive 2007-03-01 1 Dinosaur 2007
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Furthermore, we observed no difference in any of the B19 infection parameters between the cells obtained from B19 seropositive and seronegative donors.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Claudia Filippone et al. 2010
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