Serum
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English
Noun
Serum (plural Serums or sera)- The clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot. Also called blood serum.
- Blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals, containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual, called antiserum.
- A watery fluid from animal tissue, especially one that moistens the surface of serous membranes or that is exuded by such membranes when they become inflamed, such as in edema or a blister.
- The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc; whey.
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Verbs for Serum
administer—; dilute—; derive—; devise—; discover—; drain—; employ—; impregnate with—; infuse—; Inoculate—; inject—; introduce—; invent—; prepare—; rush—; — assists; —checks; —combats; —controls; — exempts; —generates; —Immunizes; —insures; —moderates; —neutralizes; —overcomes; —remedies; —stagnates; —stems.
Thesaurus
Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor, agglutinin, allergen, anaphylactin, antiantibody, antibody, antigen, antiserum, antitoxic serum, antitoxin, antivenin, arterial blood, arterial transfusion, blood, blood bank, blood cell, blood count, blood donor, blood donor center, blood group, blood grouping, blood picture, blood platelet, blood pressure, blood serum, blood substitute, blood transfusion, bloodmobile, bloodstream, chyle, circulation, clinical dextran, colostrum, dextran, direct transfusion, discharge, drip transfusion, erythrocyte, exchange transfusion, exsanguination transfusion, exsanguino transfusion, gleet, globulin, gore, grume, hematics, hematologist, hematology, hematoscope, hematoscopy, hemocyte, hemoglobin, hemometer, humor, ichor, incomplete antibody, interferon, isoantibody, lachryma, lactation, leukocyte, leukorrhea, lifeblood, lymph, matter, milk, mucor, mucus, neutrophil, opsonin, peccant humor, perfusion, phagocyte, phlegm, plasma, plasma substitute, plasma transfusion, precipitin, purulence, pus, reciprocal transfusion, red corpuscle, replacement transfusion, rheum, saliva, sanies, serous fluid, serum transfusion, snot, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, transfusion, type O, urine, venous blood, venous transfusion, white corpuscle
Etymology
From Latin serum (“whey”). Cognates: French sérum, Spanish suero, Italian siere, siero.
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External links
- Serum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Serum in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Serum at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
sērum
- nominative neuter singular of sērus
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
sérum m. (Cyrillic spelling се́рум)
Etymology
From Latin serum (“whey”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /sěːrum/
- Hyphenation: se‧rum
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | serum | serumi |
| genitive | seruma | seruma |
| dative | serumu | serumima |
| accusative | serum | serume |
| vocative | serume | serumi |
| locative | serumu | serumima |
| instrumental | serumom | serumima |
