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Definition of Serous
1. Adjective. Of or producing or containing serum. "A serous exudate"
Definition of Serous
1. a. Thin; watery; like serum; as the serous fluids.
Definition of Serous
1. Adjective. (medicine) Containing, secreting, or resembling serum; watery; a fluid or discharge that is pale yellow and transparent, usually representing something of a benign nature. (This contrasts with the term sanguine, which means blood-tinged and usually harmful.) ¹
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Definition of Serous
1. of or resembling serum [adj]
Medical Definition of Serous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Serous
Literary usage of Serous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"serous MEMBRANES. The serous membranes form shut sacs and may be regarded as
lymph-sacs, from which lymphatic vessels arise by stomata or openings between ..."
2. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical by Henry Gray (1867)
"The serous coat is derived from the peritoneum, and covers the entire surface of
... The stomach consists of four coats; a serous, a muscular, a cellular, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1862)
"Méd. de Paris, August 31, 1861) a form of serous collection in the pelvis ...
non-puerperal recto-peritonitis, or rather with serous pelvi-peri- tonitis. ..."
4. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"Skin; Mucous and serous Membranes.—The Skin which forms the external envelope of
the body, is divisible into two principal layers ; the cutis vera or ' true ..."
5. The Essentials of Histology: Descriptive and Practical : for the Use of Students by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer (1885)
"They are most numerous upon the peritoneal surface of the diaphragm, but are
present in all serous membranes, and they serve to prevent any undue ..."
6. How to Work with the Microscope by Lionel Smith Beale (1868)
"Examination of serous and Mucous Membranes. 228. Examination of serous and ...
serous membranes may be examined according to the general directions ..."
7. How to Work with the Microscope by Lionel Smith Beale (1868)
"Examination of serous and Mucous Membranes. 228. Examination of serous and Synovial
Membranes.—serous membranes may be examined according to the general ..."
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