blood serum

blood serum
noun
an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
Syn: ↑serum
Derivationally related forms: ↑serous (for: ↑serum)
Hypernyms: ↑liquid body substance, ↑bodily fluid, ↑body fluid, ↑humor, ↑humour
Hyponyms: ↑antiserum, ↑whey, ↑milk whey
Substance Holonyms: ↑blood
Substance Meronyms: ↑serum albumin, ↑serum globulin, ↑opsonin

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noun
: blood plasma from which the fibrin has been removed (as by clotting or defibrinating)

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serum (def. 1).
[1905-10]

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blood serum,
the clear, pale-yellow, watery part of blood that separates from clotting blood.

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  • blood serum — n SERUM (a(1)) * * * see serum * * * the clear liquid that separates from the blood when it is allowed to clot completely. It is therefore blood plasma from which fibrinogen has been removed in the process of clotting …   Medical dictionary

  • blood serum — n. see SERUM (sense 1b) …   English World dictionary

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  • blood serum — serum (def. 1). [1905 10] * * * …   Universalium

  • blood serum — noun The clear fluid obtained from whole blood by removing blood cells, platelets and fibrinogen; it is blood plasma without the fibrinogen …   Wiktionary

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