serum

See also Serum

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin serum (“whey”). Cognates: French sérum, Spanish suero, Italian siere, siero.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /siːrʌm/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɪɹ.əm/

Noun

serum (plural serums or sera)

1. The clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot. Also called blood serum.
2. Blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals, containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual, called antiserum.
3. A watery fluid from animal tissue, especially one that moistens the surface of serous membranes or that is exuded by such membranes when they become inflamed, such as in edema or a blister.
4. The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc; whey.
5. (skincare) An intensive moisturising product to be applied after cleansing but before a general moisturiser.

Derived terms

Terms derived from serum

antiserum blood serum

immune serum serous

serum sickness truth serum

Related terms

• sero-

Translations

blood serum

• Arabic: مصل دم (ar) (maṣl dam) m, مصل (ar) (maṣl) m
• Catalan: sèrum (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血清 (cmn) (xuèqīng, xiěqīng)

• Czech: sérum (cs) n
• Esperanto: serumo (eo)
• Finnish: seerumi (fi)
• French: sérum (fr) m
• German: Serum (de) m
• Hungarian: szérum (hu)

• Italian: siero (it)
• Japanese: 血清 (ja) (けっせい, kessei)
• Korean: 혈청 (ko) (hyeolcheong) (血清 (ko))
• Malay: serum (ms)
• Navajo: dił bitooʼ
• Portuguese: soro (pt)
• Russian: сыворотка (ru) (sývorotka) f
• Spanish: suero (es)
• Turkish: serum (tr)
• Vietnamese: huyết thanh (vi) (血清 (vi))

External links

• serum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• serum in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• serum at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• mures
• murse
• Remus
• Sumer

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Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈse.rum/

Noun

serum (genitive serī); n, second declension

1. whey

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	serum	sera
genitive	serī	serōrum
dative	serō	serīs
accusative	serum	sera
ablative	serō	serīs
vocative	serum	sera

Descendants

Aromanian: dzãr English: serum French: sérum Italian: siero

Portuguese: soro Romanian: zer Spanish: sero-, suero

Etymology 2

Adjective

sērum

1. nominative neuter singular of sērus

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serum (“whey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sěːrum/
• Hyphenation: se‧rum

Noun

sérum m (Cyrillic spelling се́рум)

1. serum

Declension

    declension of serum

	singular	plural
nominative	serum	serumi
genitive	seruma	seruma
dative	serumu	serumima
accusative	serum	serume
vocative	serume	serumi
locative	serumu	serumima
instrumental	serumom	serumima