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.

Derived terms

• serous
• serum sickness
• antiserum
• blood serum
• immune serum

Related terms

• sero-

Translations

blood serum

Czech: sérum (cs) n. Esperanto: serumo (eo) Finnish: seerumi (fi) French: sérum (fr) m.

Hungarian: szérum (hu) Russian: сыворотка (ru) (sývorotka) f. Turkish: serum (tr)

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

Noun

serum

1. whey, the watery part of curdled milk

Descendants

• English: serum
• French: sérum
• Italian: siero
• Romanian: zer
• Spanish: sero-

Etymology 2

Adjective

sērum

1. nominative neuter singular of sērus

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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