TITER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does titer mean? 

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

1. the concentration of a solution as determined by titration

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TITER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The concentration of a solution as determined by titration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

titer; titre

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

concentration (the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume)

 Context examples 

This effect may not be limited to the display of symptoms, but may also include postconvalescence antibody titers, morphologic changes, development of cellular immunity, and presence of nucleic acid incorporation.

(Infectious Dose, NCI Thesaurus)

A number of plaque forming units (PFU) per unit volume is a conventional way to refer the titer of an infective entity in a specimen or preparation.

(Plaque Forming Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A dietary supplement consisting of bovine colostrum, containing high titers of immunoglobulins (Igs), with immunostimulating and anti-infective activities.

(Hyperimmune Bovine Colostrum, NCI Thesaurus)

The high-titer RSV immune globulin RI-001 is derived from healthy donors with high amounts of RSV antibodies.

(High-titer RSV Immune Globulin RI-001, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition to high titers of anti-pathogen specific antibodies, hyperimmune colostrum is also rich in other immune factors, proline-rich polypeptides (PRP), lactoferrin, glycoproteins, lactalbumins, cytokines, growth factors, vitamins, and minerals.

(Hyperimmune Bovine Colostrum, NCI Thesaurus)