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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

séreux

. See

(Physiol.)

(a)

Thin; watery; like serum;

as, the

serous

fluids

(b)

Of or pertaining to serum;

as, the

serous

glands, membranes, layers

. See

Serous membrane

(Anat.)

See under

, a.

1. Thin; watery; like whey; used of that part of the blood which separates in coagulation from the grumous or red part.

2. Pertaining to serum.