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ti·ter

also ti·tre (tī′tər)

1. Concentration of a substance in solution or the strength of such a substance determined by titration.

2. The minimum volume needed to cause a particular result in titration.

3. The temperature at which a fatty acid solidifies.

[French titre, from Old French title, title; see title.]

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titer

(ˈtaɪtə; ˈtiː-)

(Chemistry) the usual US spelling of titre

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ti•ter

(ˈtaɪ tər)

n.

1. the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.

2. the concentration of a substance in a given sample as determined by titration.

[1830–40; < French titre title, qualification, fineness of alloyed gold or silver < Latin titulus title]

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titer - the concentration of a solution as determined by titration

titre

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

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ti·ter

n. título, la cantidad de una sustancia que se requiere para producir una reacción con un volumen determinado de otra sustancia.

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Our results indicated that storage of bacteriophages at 4AdegC was most appropriate, followed by storage at -20AdegC and -80AdegC as no drop in viral titer was witnesses in bacteriophage samples stored at 4AdegC for up to one year.

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Koirala, "Distribution of antibody titer against Salmonella enterica among healthy individuals in nepal," Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, vol.

Baseline Antibody Titre against Salmonella enterica in Healthy Population of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

On day 21 post-vaccination; in case of H7N3 virus vaccines, the antibody titer; the Geometric Mean (GM) HI titer recorded were as 55.7 in group A (the group inoculated with Gallimmune; Merial vaccine) chickens, 52.0 in group B (the group inoculated with locallly manufactured Avi-Flu vaccine) 59.7 in group C (the group inoculated with locally manufactured Otto-Flu vaccine), 29.9 in group D (the group inoculated with newly developed local vaccine) and 2.5 in group E (un-inoculated control group).

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Acute Rheumatic Fever is diagnosed in the presence of two major, or one major and two minor manifestations and must be accompanied by supporting evidence of antecedent group A streptococcal infection in the form of positive throat culture or elevated or rising anti-streptolysin titer. Indolent carditis, chorea and previous history of rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease are exceptions to Jones Criteria.

The utility of a single anti streptolysin o titer in the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever

The leftover 5 birds were used to detect the maternal antibody titer. Group A, B, C, D, E and F were vaccinated against ND and varying schedule of IBD.

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For example, of the children with records of DTP vaccine, 99% were titer positive for diphtheria antibody and 88% were titer positive for tetanus.

International vaccine records usually valid

Distribution of antibody titer against Salmonella enteric among healthy individuals in Nepal.

Baseline Widal titres among apparently healthy individuals in Hadoti region, Rajasthan

There were two serum samples per slide and end point titer of the test serum samples was calculated on the basis of number of positive fields in corresponding dilution using Reed and Muench (1938) calculation chart.

Comparison of Immunogenic Efficacy of Mono- and Polyvalent Rabies Vaccines in Dogs

The half-life of antibody to CHIKV was calculated by plotting the antibody titer versus age to 18 months on both linear and logarithmic scales.

Transplacental chikungunya virus antibody kinetics, Thailand

The effect that the time of probing or feeding had on the titer of virus salivated was analyzed by timed saliva collections and mouse tail exposures.