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serous, a.|ˈsɪərəs| [ad. F. séreux (16th c.), ad. L. serōsus, f. ser-um serum.] 1. Of or pertaining to serum; consisting of or containing serum; of the nature of serum.
1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. Ep. Rdr. A 8 b, The sucking veines serue to purge the blood from the serous substaunce of it. 1618W. Barclay Well at King-horne A vj b, For the croudy part bindeth some, and the serous or wheyish part louseth others. 1638Burton Anat. Mel. i. i. iii. iii, Ichores and those serious [ed. 1651 serous] matters. 1683–4Boyle Mem. Nat. Hist. Hum. Blood 13 The Differences between the Serous and the Red part of Humane Blood. 1735Somerville Chace i. 345 The serous Particles evade Thro' th' open Pores. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 501 Ass's, mare's, and woman's milk, are the most saline and serous. 1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 334 Serous infiltration occurs in cells. b. Path. Involving or characterized by an effusion of serum.
1779Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 5 Oct., Mr. Thrale's disorder whether grumous or serous. 1879P. Smith Glaucoma 19 Serous Iritis. 1893W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. (ed. 2) II. 407 The so-called ‘serous apoplexy’. 1895Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Dec. 1492/1 Serous cysts. 2. Anat. Secreting or moistened with serum, as a membrane.
1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet iv. in Aliments, etc. (1735) 395 This Disease [dropsy] may happen wherever there are serous Vessels. 1813J. Thomson Lect. Inflam. 143 The external surface of the stomach is covered by a membrane, the peritoneum, denominated serous. 1869Eng. Mech. 3 Dec. 271/2 The back layer of the cornea and the front of the iris are what anatomists call serous membranes. 1873Mivart Elem. Anat. 462 The proper serous sac of the thorax. |