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convalescent plasma

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
con-va-les-cen-t -plas-ma
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The blood plasma of a person who has recovered from an infectious illness, which contains antibodies to the infectious disease factor (such as viruses). For convalescent plasma therapy, the plasma can be transfused into an ill victim of that disease as a treatment.

Inflected Forms

convalescent plasmas (plural)

Phrases

convalescent plasma therapy convalescent serum convalescent serum therapy antiserum therapy

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does convalescent plasma mean?
The blood plasma of a person who has recovered from an infectious illness, which contains antibodies to the infectious disease factor (such as viruses). For convalescent plasma therapy, the plasma can be transfused into an ill victim of that disease as a treatment.

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