serousadj.
/ˈsɪərəs/, U.S. /ˈsɪrəs/ 1.
a. Of or pertaining to serum; consisting of or containing serum; of the nature of serum.
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serose1563
serous1594
intraserous1835
serosal1949
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. To Rdr. sig. A8v The sucking veines serue to purge the blood from the serous substaunce of it.
1618 W. Barclay Nature & Effects Well at King-horne sig. Avjv For the croudy part bindeth some, and the serous or wheyish part louseth others.
1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) i. i. iii. iii. 34 Ichores and those serious [1651 serous] matters.
1684 R. Boyle Mem. Nat. Hist. Humane Blood 13 The Differences between the Serous and the Red part of Humane Blood.
1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 345 The serous Particles evade Thro' th' open Pores.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 501 Ass's, mare's, and woman's milk, are the most saline and serous.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 334 Serous infiltration occurs in cells.
b. Pathology. Involving or characterized by an effusion of serum.
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serous1779
1779 S. Johnson Let. 5 Oct. (1992) III. 185 Mr. Thrales disorder whether grumous or serous.
1879 J. P. Smith Glaucoma 19 Serous Iritis.
1893 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. (ed. 2) II. iv. 407 The so-called ‘serous apoplexy’.
1895 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Dec. 1492/1 Serous cysts.
2. Anatomy. Secreting or moistened with serum, as a membrane.
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serous1732
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 389 This Disease [dropsy] may happen wherever there are serous Vessels.
1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 143 The external surface of the stomach is covered by a membrane, the peritoneum, denominated serous.
1869 Eng. Mech. 3 Dec. 271/2 The back layer of the cornea and the front of the iris are what anatomists call serous membranes.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. xii. 462 The proper serous sac of the thorax.
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