English Explanatory Dictionary

serum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Ellipsis of blood serum.
  2. Blood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual (human or nonhuman).
  3. A watery liquid from animal tissue, especially one that moistens the surface of serous membranes or that is exuded by such membranes when they become inflamed, such as in edema or a blister.
  4. The watery portion of certain other animal fluids, such as milk; whey.
  5. A skincare product of varying consistencies with a high concentration of one or more active ingredients, for a targeted purpose, such as preventing acne, repairing sun damage, or moisturizing.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪəɹəm/ /ˈsiːɹəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-serum.wav /ˈsɪɹəm/ /ˈsiɹəm/

Word forms

serum serums sera

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *sér-o-der. Proto-Italic *serom Latin serumder. English serum From Latin serum (“whey”). Cognates include French sérum, Spanish suero, Italian siere, siero, Portuguese soro. Doublet of suero.

Synonyms

antiserum

Related words

sero- antidote antitoxin antivenom

Derived words

antiserum autoserum blood serum convalescent serum immune serum immunoserum nonserum serous serumal serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase serumless serum sickness serumuria truth serum

Translations

Arabic: مَصْل دَم Arabic: مَصْل Armenian: շիճուկ Belarusian: сыро́ватка Bulgarian: се́рум Catalan: sèrum Chinese Mandarin: 血清 Czech: sérum Czech: syrovatčina Danish: serum Dutch: serum Esperanto: serumo Finnish: seerumi Finnish: veriseerumi Finnish: verihera French: sérum Galician: soro German: Serum Greek: ορός Ancient Greek: ὀρός Hebrew: נסיוב Hungarian: szérum Hungarian: vérsavó Indonesian: serum Italian: siero Japanese: 血清 Korean: 혈청 Macedonian: серум Malay: serum Navajo: dił bitooʼ Persian: خونابه Persian: سرم Polish: surowica Portuguese: soro Romanian: ser Russian: сы́воротка Serbo-Croatian: се́рум Serbo-Croatian: sérum Slovak: sérum Slovene: serum Spanish: suero Thai: ซีรัม Thai: น้ำเหลืองของเลือด Turkish: serum Ukrainian: сиро́ватка Vietnamese: huyết thanh
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