seroresistance

noun

: failure to attain seronegativity after intensive or prolonged treatment that results in subsidence of clinical symptoms
used chiefly of advanced or congenital syphilis

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“Seroresistance.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/seroresistance. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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