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Serum   /sˈɪrəm/   Listen
Serum

noun
(pl. serums, sera)
1.
An amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates.  Synonym: blood serum.



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"Serum" Quotes from Famous Books



... appeared. Examined under a magnifying glass, the epidermis appeared at first without solution of continuity and delicate. About noon on Thursday a vesicle formed on the pink surfaces containing clear serum. In the night between Thursday and Friday, usually between midnight and one o'clock, the flow of blood began, the vesicle first rupturing. The amount of blood lost during the so called stigmata varied, ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... medical theories concerning the curing of like by like. That the system of HAHNEMANN (1755—1843), the founder of homoeopathy, is free from error could be scarcely maintained, but certain recent discoveries in connection with serum-therapy appear to indicate that the last word has not yet been said on the subject, and the formula "like cures like" may still have another lease ...
— Bygone Beliefs • H. Stanley Redgrove



Words linked to "Serum" :   milk whey, liquid body substance, serum globulin, serum albumin, blood, humour, serous, whey, body fluid, bodily fluid, opsonin, humor, serum hepatitis



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