Where does “seropositive” come from?
Seropositive comes from English positive, from Old French positif, from Latin positivus, formed with the Latin suffix -ivus derived from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós and -wós.
seropositive (English): Testing positive for a given pathogen,...
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- Testing positive for a given pathogen,...
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