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se·rum

, pl.

se·rums

se·ra

(sē'rum, -ŭmz, -ă), Avoid the colloquial or jargonistic use of this word in the sense of 'any biologic agent' ("allergy serum") or 'any injected drug' ("truth serum").

1. A clear, watery fluid, especially that moistening the surface of serous membranes, or exuded in inflammation of any of those membranes.

2. The fluid portion of the blood obtained after removal of the fibrin clot and blood cells, distinguished from the plasma in circulating blood. Sometimes used as a synonym for antiserum or antitoxin.

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blood serum

See serum.

blood serum

The liquid part of the blood (blood plasma) with the protein which forms during clotting (fibrin) removed. Serum remains liquid.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

Fig. 75 Blood serum . The fractions of blood serum.

blood serum

serum

a fraction of the blood consisting of BLOOD PLASMA from which FIBRINOGEN (a clotting factor) has been removed.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

Blood serum

A component of blood.

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Our research was aimed to establish the relationship of juvenile dysmenorrhea with CTD which biochemical marker is hydroxyproline and to study magnesium level in blood serum depending on hormonal profile during the second phase of the menstrual cycle.

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