SEROLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does serology mean? 

• SEROLOGY (noun)
  The noun SEROLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medical science that deals with serums; especially with blood serums and disease

  Familiarity information: SEROLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEROLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medical science that deals with serums; especially with blood serums and disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("serology" is a kind of...):

medical science (the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease)

Derivation:

serologic; serological (of or relating to serology)

serologist (a medical scientist who specializes in serology)

 Context examples 

A person with professional knowledge and competence in the field of medical technology that involves performing, advising on, or supervising clinical laboratory testing of human specimens, fluids and tissues, establishing and monitoring quality control systems and measures; developing data which may be used in clinical setting and in support of medical research in such areas as hematology, bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, immunology, serology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, endocrinology and toxicology, and urinalysis as they relate to clinical laboratory practice.

(Medical Technologist, NCI Thesaurus)