Crossword clues for serous
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Serous \Se"rous\, a. [Cf. F. s['e]reux. See Serum.] (Physiol.)
Thin; watery; like serum; as, the serous fluids.
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Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See Serum.
Serous membrane. (Anat.) See under Membrane.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "watery," later "of or pertaining to serum" (16c.), from French séreux (16c.) and directly from Latin serosus, from serum "watery fluid, whey" (see serum). Related: Serosity.
Wiktionary
a. (context medicine English) Containing, secreting, or resembling serum; watery; a fluid or discharge that is pale yellow and transparent, usually representing something of a benign nature. (This contrasts with the term sanguine, which means blood-tinged and usually harmful.)
WordNet
adj. of or producing or containing serum; "a serous exudate"
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "serous".
The complicated teratoma of this class may contain, in addition to the previously mentioned structures, cartilage and glands, mucous and serous membrane, muscle, nerves, and cerebral substance, portions of eyes, fingers with nails, mammae, etc.
The impoverished condition of the blood, which led to serous effusions within the ventricles of the brain, and around the brain and spinal cord, and into the pericardial and abdominal cavities, was gradually induced by the action of several causes, but chiefly by the character of the food.
The peritoneal, or external coat is composed of compact, cellular tissue, woven into a thin, serous membrane, and assists in keeping the stomach in place.
The thin covering upon the lips, nipple, mucous and serous membranes and lining the ducts, blood-vessels and other canals.
Sharp, shooting, lancinating pains occur in inflammation of the serous tissues, as in pleurisy.
From the watery condition of the blood, there resulted various serous effusions into the pericardium, ventricles of the brain, and into the abdomen.
From the watery condition of the blood there resulted various serous effusions into the pericardium, into the ventricles of the brain, and into the abdominal cavity.
The impoverished condition of the blood, which led to serous effusions within the ventricles of the brain, and around the brain and spinal cord, and into the pericardial and abdominal cavities, was gradually induced by the action of several causes, but chiefly by the character of the food.
In almost all cases which I examined after death, even in the most emaciated, there was more or less serous effusion into the abdominal cavity.