English

Adjective

seropositive ‎(not comparable)

1. (of blood serum): Testing positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV (HIV positive).
   • 2004, Paul D. Griffiths, “Cytomegalovirus”, in Arie J. Zuckerman et al. (editors), Principles and Practice of Clinical Virology, Fifth Edition, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 9780470843383, page 108:

     Other tests (marked ‘+ +’ in Table 2C.8) are more sensitive in that they produce higher antibody titres but they do not detect substantially more seropositive individuals in a population.

2. (of a person or animal): Having seropositive blood serum.

Antonyms

• (of serum): seronegative
• (of a person): seronegative

Derived terms

• seropositivity

Translations

Noun

seropositive ‎(plural seropositives)

1. Such a serum of person