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serums

Variant of serum

noun pl. serums or sera

    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
      in full blood serum
  1. 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
  2. the whey of milk
  3. the thin, watery part of a plant fluid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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