antirotaviral

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ rotaviral

Adjective

antirotaviral (not comparable)

  1. (immunology) Describing any antibody that reacts with a rotavirus.
    • 2012, Pravin Bhatt, Viral and Mycoplasmal of Laboratory Rodents:
      No antirotaviral antibody is detected at birth in caesarean-derived 18 day-old fetuses from seropositive dams.
    • 2015 August 19, Sara M. Parigi et al., “Breast Milk and Solid Food Shaping Intestinal Immunity”, in Frontiers in Immunology‎, volume 6, DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2015.00415:
      These antirotaviral antibodies are likely to provide a passive protection in the child ( 71 ).
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