noun. The clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot.

noun. Blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals, containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual.

noun. Watery fluid from animal tissue, such as that found in edema.

noun. Whey.

noun. The thin part of milk separated from the curd and oil; whey. Also called serum lactis.

noun. The clear pale-yellow liquid which separates from the clot in coagulation of the blood; blood-serum.

noun. Any serous liquid, as chyle or lymph.

noun. The blood-serum of an animal which has been rendered immune against some disease by injections of increasing quantities of the micro-organism of such disease; antitoxin. See serum diagnosis and immunity, 5.

noun. An antidiphtheritic serum.

noun. The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.

noun. A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. an albuminous body, closely related to egg albumin, present in nearly all serous fluids; esp., the albumin of blood serum.

noun. paraglobulin.

noun. the whey, or fluid portion of milk, remaining after removal of the casein and fat.

noun. The clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot. Also called blood serum.

noun. Blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals, containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual, called antiserum.

noun. A watery fluid 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.

noun. The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc; whey.

noun. An intensive moisturising product to be applied after cleansing but before a general moisturiser.

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

"They made what they called a serum, which they put into a man's body and which killed the pantoblast germs without killing the man."

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