SERUM

serum, blood serum

(noun) an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

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 like blood, milk, etc; whey.

(skincare) An intensive moisturising product to be applied after cleansing but before a general moisturiser.

Anagrams

• Esrum, Mureș, Remus, Sumer, merus, mures, murse, muser, resum, semur

Source: Wiktionary

Se"rum, n. Etym: [L., akin to Gr. sara 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 loquid 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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