sero
血清の
解説 Definition
血清に関連する、または血清学の略。医学的な検査や免疫学の文脈で使用されます。
Sero is a medical combining form meaning “serum” or “relating to blood serum.” It appears chiefly in compounds and informal technical combinations concerning antibody tests, immune responses, or serological results.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単独語というより、serum「血清」を表す結合形 sero- と捉えます。serology「血清学」、seropositive「血清反応陽性の」、serological testing「血清学的検査」へつなげると実用的です。例文の sero testing や sero analysis は、血清や抗体を調べる医学的検査という場面で覚えましょう。
Treat sero mainly as the combining form sero-, not as an ordinary standalone adjective. Connect it directly with serum and then with familiar medical words such as serology, serological, seropositive, and serotype. In phrases like sero testing or sero analysis, it signals that blood serum, antibodies, or an immune response is being examined. This makes the pattern practical: when sero appears before another element in a medical context, think “serum-related” and expect discussion of infection testing, immunity, or laboratory results.
例文
Sero testing revealed antibodies in the patient's blood.
Sero検査は患者の血液に抗体を明らかにしました。
The sero analysis indicated an immune response.
sero分析は免疫応答を示唆しました。
Sero results help diagnose infectious diseases.
Sero結果は感染症の診断に役立ちます。
sero の類義語・関連語
sero の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 serum（乳清、水分）に由来する接頭辞。血液から凝固成分を除いた透明な液体を乳清に見立てて名付けられた。関連語: serum（血清）、serous（漿液性の）。乳製品の用語が医学用語に転用された例。
Sero- is formed from Latin serum, a word used for whey and watery fluid, together with the linking vowel -o-. The medical noun serum was applied to the clear liquid that remains after blood has clotted, by comparison with separated whey. The combining form later became productive in technical words such as serology, serotherapy, serotype, and seropositive.
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