Synonyms for serum

Grammar : Noun

Spell : seer-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪər əm

Définition of serum

Origin : 1670s, "watery animal fluid," from Latin serum "watery fluid, whey," from PIE root *ser- (2) "to run, flow" (cf. Greek oros "whey;" Sanskrit sarah "flowing," sarit "brook, river"). First applied 1893 to blood serum used in medical treatments.

noun antitoxin

Example sentences :

Serifluus means flowing with serum, the watery part of milk.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

My serum can destroy your conscious mind—but not your native fear?
Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby

Serum: the fluid in which the blood corpuscles float or are suspended.
Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

They find the effect of this serum much better than that of others.
Extract from : « A Journey Through France in War Time » by Joseph G. Butler, Jr.

He took a mouse from the box I had seen, and with a needle injected the serum.
Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve

I add a little of the serum of the inoculated rabbit to the other half in this other tube.
Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve

It will, after a time, turn sour, separating like blood into clot and serum.
Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

The properties of these two kinds of serum may now be considered.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 » by Various

He, too, was working at his element of compounding the serum.
Extract from : « The Common Man » by Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)

In a sane society, our serum would be a valuable contribution.
Extract from : « The Common Man » by Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)

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