01 n. The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.
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The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.(Physiol.)
Phrases & compounds
Blood serum —
the pale yellowish fluid which exudes from the clot formed in the coagulation of the blood; the liquid portion of the blood, after removal of the blood corpuscles and the fibrin.
Muscle serum —
the thin watery fluid which separates from the muscles after coagulation of the muscle plasma; the watery portion of the plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma.
Serum albumin —
an albuminous body, closely related to egg albumin, present in nearly all serous fluids; esp., the albumin of blood serum.
Serum globulin —
paraglobulin.
Serum of milk —
the whey, or fluid portion of milk, remaining after removal of the casein and fat.