Serous meaning

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Containing, secreting, or resembling serum.
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Of or containing serum.
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Like serum; thin and watery.
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Containing, secreting, or resembling serum.
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(medicine) Containing, secreting, or resembling serum; watery; a fluid or discharge that is pale yellow and transparent, usually representing something of a benign nature. (This contrasts with the term sanguine, which means blood-tinged and usually harmful.)
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Origin of serous

  • From the noun serum.
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Serous Sentence Examples

  • The serous membranes show petechiae and haemorrhages.

  • Serous degeneration is met with in epithelial cells in inflammatory conditions and following on burns.

  • Superficially the tube is covered by a serous coat of peritoneum.

  • The relation of the vagina to the peritoneum is noticed under Coelum and Serous Membranes.

  • trans., 1906), where he comes to the conclusion that "instead of being the sixth rex of Rome, he was originally the rex serous, the priest of the cult of Diana Aricina transferred to the Aventine, the priest of the protecting goddess of fugitive slaves"; C. Pascal, Patti e legende di Roma antica (Florence, 1903); also O.

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