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serum

13 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) serum (noun)
  2. 2) serum (adjective)
  3. sera
  4. serum accident (noun)
  5. serum albumin (noun)
  6. serum anaphylaxis (noun)
  7. serum globulin (noun)
  8. serum hepatitis (noun)
  9. serum sickness (noun)
  10. active serum (noun)
  11. blood serum (noun)
  12. convalescent serum (noun)
  13. truth serum (noun)

1se·rum

noun \ˈsir-əm\
plural serums or se·ra\-ə\

Definition of SERUM

1
: the watery portion of an animal fluid remaining after coagulation: a (1) : blood serum (2) : antiserum b : whey c : a normal or pathological serous fluid (as in a blister)
2
: the watery part of a plant fluid
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Examples of SERUM

  1. The patient was administered serum.

Origin of SERUM

Latin, whey, wheylike fluid; akin to Greek oros whey
First Known Use: 1665

Rhymes with SERUM

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