Serum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Serum	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Serum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
serum n an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates Synonym(s): serum, blood serum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Serum \Se"rum\ (s[emac]"r[ucr]m), n. [L., akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. s[be]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.