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Keywords: Serum, Watery, Exudate, Pertaining, Resembling

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Thin; watery; like serum; as, the serous fluids.

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Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See Serum.

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Latin = like serum.

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Pertaining to or resembling serum. See Serum.

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adj. L. = having nature of serum.

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of, relating to, producing, or resembling serum; especially : having a thin watery constitution

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of or producing or containing serum; "a serous exudate"

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A substance having a watery consistency; relating to serum.

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Having to do with serum, the clear liquid part of blood.

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