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serum Definition

se·rum (sir′əm)

noun pl. -·rums or -·ra-ə

    1. a clear, watery animal fluid, as serous fluid
    2. the clear, yellowish fluid of the blood which separates from a blood clot after coagulation and shrinkage
  2. blood serum containing agents of immunity, taken from an animal made immune to a specific disease by inoculation: it is used as an antitoxin and for diagnosis
  3. the whey of milk
  4. the thin, watery part of a plant fluid

Etymology: L, whey < IE *serom, fluid < base *ser-, to flow > Sans sara-, fluid, Gr hormē, an attack

serum Synonyms

serum

n.

antitoxin, antiserum, agglutinin, immunotoxin, blood serum, plasma, agglutinogen, agglutinoid.

serum Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • inactivate: Heat inactivated serum did not produce any clinical signs, nor gross or microscopic lesions.
  • sleep: Use weekly, to speed the ' feedback ' of your bliss sleeping peel serum.

Adjective modifier

  • fetal: No infectivity was shown in these tests of fetal calf serum.
  • bovine: The majority of the cell lines to be tested are normally grown in media containing fetal bovine serum.
  • autologous: After screening half a million individual bacterial plaques of each cDNA library with autologous serum, 204 reactive clones were isolated.
  • fetal: These kinetic differences were confirmed by short-term in vitro culture both in fetal calf serum and in AS.
  • maternal: A full description of antibodies in maternal serum should be provided.
  • elevated: Patients were further subdivided into those with or without elevated quantitative serum Chlamydia trachomatis IgG antibody ( Ab ) titres.

Modifies a noun

  • creatinine: In the latter patient group, even a small increase in serum creatinine may be indicative of unilateral loss of renal function.
  • albumin: Most patients with advanced disease will have a low serum albumin.
  • ferritin: In most cases, a fall in serum ferritin values simultaneous with a rise in packed cell volume is observed.
  • cholesterol: There were no differences in total serum cholesterol levels compared with placebo.
  • lipid: There was no significant effect on serum lipids, fasting glucose or insulin levels, or blood pressure.
  • cortisol: Needle sensation did not correlate with serum cortisol levels.

Noun used with modifier

  • remede: For my 43rd birthday, I bought myself the laboratoire remède eye life serum revitalizer.. .
  • calf: No infectivity was shown in these tests of fetal calf serum.
  • trimester: Twins and insulin dependent diabetes mellitus Second trimester serum marker levels are raised in twin pregnancies.
  • peel: Use weekly, to speed the ' feedback ' of your bliss sleeping peel serum.
  • blood: Maximum mobile zinc levels in blood serum account for only 5 % .
  • truth: And the exploration of space might be a waste of gasoline, frog after-taste pills, truth serum and re-location papers for suspicious bacteria.