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Definition of Serums

Serum
Serum Se"rum (s[=e]"r[u^]m), n. [L., akin to Gr. ???, Skr. s[=a]ra curd.] (Physiol.) (a) The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc. (b) A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum. Blood serum, the pale yellowish fluid which exudes from the clot formed in the coagulation of the blood; the liquid portion of the blood, after removal of the blood corpuscles and the fibrin. Muscle serum, the thin watery fluid which separates from the muscles after coagulation of the muscle plasma; the watery portion of the plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma. Serum albumin (Physiol. Chem.), an albuminous body, closely related to egg albumin, present in nearly all serous fluids; esp., the albumin of blood serum. Serum globulin (Physiol. Chem.), paraglobulin. Serum of milk (Physiol. Chem.), the whey, or fluid portion of milk, remaining after removal of the casein and fat.

Meaning of Serums from wikipedia

- Look up serotherapy, serum, or serums in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Serum may refer to: Serum (blood), plasma from which the clotting proteins have...
- Linfield noted, as per Piper, that "there's good reason to believe that truth serums merely lower the threshold for reporting virtually all information, both...
- sometimes speak of sera (the Latin plural, as opposed to serums).[citation needed] Etymologically serum is derived from the Proto-Indo-European *ser- ("to flow...
- Serum albumin, often referred to simply as blood albumin, is an albumin (a type of globular protein) found in vertebrate blood. Human serum albumin is...
- alanine aminotransferase (ALT or ALAT), formerly serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase (GPT) or serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT), is a transaminase...
- list. "Black Mamba Serums v2.0 by Bigg Jus". Big Dada. Retrieved May 27, 2017. Smith, Jack (2004). "Big Juss - Black Mamba Serums - Review". BBC Music...
- the peak of human physical perfection by an experimental "super-soldier serum" after joining the United States Army to aid the country's efforts in World...
- transaminase (AST) or aspartate aminotransferase, also known as AspAT/ASAT/AAT or (serum) glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT, SGOT), is a pyridoxal phosphate...
- Serum sickness in humans is a reaction to proteins in antiserum derived from a non-human animal source, occurring 5–10 days after exposure. Symptoms often...
- worth of shares. In 2024, Mankind Pharma acquired a 100% stake in Bharat Serums and Vaccines (BSV) from private equity firm Advent International for an...