Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - serum
Serum
serum
n. (pl. sera or serums) 1 a an amber-coloured liquid that separates from a clot when blood coagulates. b whey. 2 Med. blood serum (usu. from a non-human mammal) as an antitoxin or therapeutic agent, esp. in inoculation. 3 a watery fluid in animal bodies. Phrases and idioms serum sickness a reaction to an injection of serum, characterized by skin eruption, fever, etc. Etymology: L, = whey
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I. noun (plural ~s or sera) Etymology: Latin, whey, wheylike fluid; akin to Greek oros whey Date: 1665 the watery portion of an animal fluid remaining after coagulation:, a. blood ~, anti~, whey, a normal or pathological serous fluid (as in a blister), the watery part of a plant fluid, II. adjective Date: 1876 occurring or found in the blood ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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