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Serum - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Serum : (noun)
1: watery fluid of the blood that resembles plasma but contains
fibrinogen [syn: blood serum]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Serum : \Se"rum\ (s[=e]"r[u^]m), n. [L., akin to Gr. ???, Skr.
s[=a]ra 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 liquid
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Serum : Serum: The clear liquid that can be separated from clotted blood. Serum differs from plasma, the liquid portion of normal unclotted blood containing the red and white cells and platelets. It
is the clot that makes the difference between serum and plasma.
Terms in this dictionary with the word "serum" include maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP), serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT),
and serum hepatitis.
The term "serum" also is used to designate any normal or pathological fluid that resembles serum as, for example, the fluid in a blister.
"Serum" is a Latin word that refers to the "whey", the watery liquid that separates from the curds in the process of cheesemaking.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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