Definitions for serum
ˈsɪər əm; ˈsɪər əserum

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. serum, blood serumnoun

   an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. serumnoun

   The clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot. Also called blood serum.

2. serumnoun

   Blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals, containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual, called antiserum.

3. serumnoun

   A watery fluid 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. serumnoun

   The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc; whey.

5. Etymology: From serum. Cognates: French sérum, Spanish suero, Italian siere, siero.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Serumnoun

   Etymology: Latin.

   1. The thin and watry part that separates from the rest in any liquor, as in milk from the cream.2. The part of the blood, which in coagulation separates from the grume.

   Blood is the most universal juice in an animal body: the red part of it differs from the serum, the serum from the lymph, the lymph from the nervous juice, and that from the several other humours separated in the glands. Arbuthnot.

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1. serum

   Serum is the clear, yellowish, liquid portion of the blood that remains after clotting. It contains water, proteins, electrolytes, hormones, antibodies, and other substances that are either absorbed by the tissues for use or excreted as waste. Serum is often used in diagnostic tests and blood transfusions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Serumnoun

   the watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc

2. Serumnoun

   a thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum

3. Etymology: [L., akin to Gr. , Skr. sra curd.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Serum

   sē′rum, n. the watery part of curdled milk, whey: the thin fluid which separates from the blood when it coagulates. [L.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Serum

   The clear portion of BLOOD that is left after BLOOD COAGULATION to remove BLOOD CELLS and clotting proteins.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Serum

   the fluid in which the blood corpuscles float or are suspended.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SERUM

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Serum is ranked #121590 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Serum surname appeared 142 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Serum.
   
   97.8% or 139 total occurrences were White.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'serum' in Nouns Frequency: #2515

Anagrams for serum »

1. Remus

2. Sumer

3. mures

4. murse

5. muser

How to pronounce serum?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of serum in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of serum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of serum in a Sentence

1. Carole Baggerly:

   The vitamin D serum level should be checked every year, preferably in March or April when levels are lowest, from there, you can target intake to keep your blood levels in the 40-60 [ng/mL] range.

2. Edward Tricomi:

   Use a blow-dry serum on your hair as it dries, add the serum and then comb through your hair – the serum will help cut down frizziness.

3. Mohammed Usman:

   The villagers initially ascribed the infections to witchcraft, but it must have being going for years, the affected children were found to have high serum lead levels ...17 to 22 times higher than the acceptable limits as established by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

4. Andrea Taylor:

   They put a lot of eggs in the Serum Institute basket and Serum Institute was a strategic error given that what has happened in India was entirely predictable. It should not have caught any of us by surprise.

5. David Andrews:

   EPA used a blood serum level of 0.17 ng/ml, this serum level was significantly below 2 ng/ml and then EPA applied an additional 10x safety factor to make sure variations in response between different populations were also protected.

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