titre
titre
Definition
ti·tre (tīt′ər, tēt′-)
noun
Brit. titer
titre
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- antibody: What is the complement fixation titre of antibody in the serum?
- virus: What are the approximate titres of viruses A and B?
- agent: Iatrogenic transmission of CJD accepted - high titres of the agent in experimentally infected guinea pig corneas.
- infectivity: The CNS tissues of sheep clinically affected with scrapie had been demonstrated to have higher titres of infectivity than those of asymptomatic infected sheep.
Converse of object
- rise: The organism was not isolated in the latter but both had high and rising titres of antibody.
- have: Some tissues may have higher titres earlier than brain tissue eg gut, hence these are best avoided from British sources.
- reduce: Only the undiluted solution reduced the virus titre by 4 log 10 EID 50.
- determine: The dilution caused by the addition of the cell suspension should not be considered in determining the potency titre.
Adjective modifier
- viral: Viral titres of up to 1 x 10 7 colony-forming units per ml can be obtained in this way.
- high: Some tissues may have higher titres earlier than brain tissue eg gut, hence these are best avoided from British sources.
- low: A low titre IgG antibody response has been observed in approximately 24 % of the male patients treated with Replagal.
- positive: One problem with the test is that dogs may have positive antibody titres following natural subclinical infection, or following vaccination.
- rheumatoid: Although initial rheumatoid factor titre is of prognostic significance, serial measurements are not useful in assessing progress.
Modifies a noun
- anti-a: The component should be free from clinically significant irregular blood group antibodies including high titre anti-A and anti-B.
- test: The Fountain Lake at Orange Lake will serve as the man-made lake testing site for the pilot titre tests.
Noun used with modifier
- infectivity: There is an urgent need to determine BSE infectivity titres in a large variety of bovine tissues.
- potency: The potency titre of the third set of tubes should be clearly reduced to indicate inhibition of the antibody by the blood group substance.
- antibody: The main way to measure duration of immunity is by checking the serum antibody titres.
- virus: Only the undiluted solution reduced the virus titre by 4 log 10 EID 50.
- factor: Although initial rheumatoid factor titre is of prognostic significance, serial measurements are not useful in assessing progress.
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