Synonyms for serum
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : seer-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪər əm |
Définition of serum
Origin :- 1670s, "watery animal fluid," from Latin serum "watery fluid, whey," from PIE root *ser- (2) "to run, flow" (cf. Greek oros "whey;" Sanskrit sarah "flowing," sarit "brook, river"). First applied 1893 to blood serum used in medical treatments.
- noun antitoxin
- Serifluus means flowing with serum, the watery part of milk.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- My serum can destroy your conscious mind—but not your native fear?
- Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
- Serum: the fluid in which the blood corpuscles float or are suspended.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- They find the effect of this serum much better than that of others.
- Extract from : « A Journey Through France in War Time » by Joseph G. Butler, Jr.
- He took a mouse from the box I had seen, and with a needle injected the serum.
- Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
- I add a little of the serum of the inoculated rabbit to the other half in this other tube.
- Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
- It will, after a time, turn sour, separating like blood into clot and serum.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- The properties of these two kinds of serum may now be considered.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 » by Various
- He, too, was working at his element of compounding the serum.
- Extract from : « The Common Man » by Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)
- In a sane society, our serum would be a valuable contribution.
- Extract from : « The Common Man » by Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)
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