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Webster 1913 Edition
Serum
Se′rum
(sē′rŭm)
, Noun.
[L., akin to Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], Skr.
sāra
curd.] (Physiol.)
(a)
The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.
(b)
A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum.
Blood serum
, the pale yellowish fluid which exudes from the clot formed in the coagulation of the blood; the liquid portion of the blood, after removal of the blood corpuscles and the fibrin.
– Muscle serum
, the thin watery fluid which separates from the muscles after coagulation of the muscle plasma; the watery portion of the plasma. See
– Muscle plasma
, under Plasma
. Serum albumin
(Physiol. Chem.)
, an albuminous body, closely related to egg albumin, present in nearly all serous fluids; esp., the albumin of blood serum.
– Serum globulin
(Physiol. Chem.)
, paraglobulin.
– Serum of milk
(Physiol. Chem.)
, the whey, or fluid portion of milk, remaining after removal of the casein and fat.
Webster 1828 Edition
Serum
SE'RUM
,Noun.
1. The thin transparent part of the blood.
2. The thin part of milk; whey.
Definition 2024
Serum
serum
serum
English
Noun
serum (plural serums or sera)
- The clear yellowish liquid 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 liquid 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.
- (skincare) An intensive moisturising product to be applied after cleansing but before a general moisturiser.
Derived terms
Terms derived from serum
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Related terms
Translations
yellowish fluid obtained from blood
blood serum containing antibodies — see antiserum
watery fluid from animal tissue
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow, run”); see also Sanskrit सर (sara, “flowing”), सरित् (sarit, “river, brook”) and Ancient Greek ὁρός (horós, “whey”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.rum/
Noun
serum n (genitive serī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | serum | sera |
| genitive | serī | serōrum |
| dative | serō | serīs |
| accusative | serum | sera |
| ablative | serō | serīs |
| vocative | serum | sera |
Descendants
Etymology 2
Adjective
sērum
- nominative neuter singular of sērus
References
- serum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- serum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SERUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “serum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin serum (“whey”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sěːrum/
- Hyphenation: se‧rum
Noun
sérum m (Cyrillic spelling се́рум)
Declension
Declension of serum
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | serum | serumi |
| genitive | seruma | seruma |
| dative | serumu | serumima |
| accusative | serum | serume |
| vocative | serume | serumi |
| locative | serumu | serumima |
| instrumental | serumom | serumima |