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serous

[ UK /sˈɛɹəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or producing or containing serum
    a serous exudate

How To Use serous In A Sentence

  • [Footnote 2] An abscess or other tumour of the liver may, by pressing on the vena portae, cause serous effusion into the peritonaeal sac; or by pressure on the inferior vena cava, which is connected with the posterior thick border of the liver, may cause anasarca of the lower limbs. Surgical Anatomy
  • This is true for patients with bloody discharges and for those with clear or serous discharges.
  • When the serous canal contracts and degenerates to the form of a simple cord, it leaves the fibrous canal still continuous above with the fibrous membrane (transversalis fascia) of the abdomen, and below with the fibrous envelope (tunica albuginea) of the testis; and at the adult period, this fibrous canal is known as the internal spermatic sheath, or infundibuliform fascia enclosing the remains of the serous canal, together with the spermatic vessels, &c. Surgical Anatomy
  • _ -- The _dura mater_ is a fibro-serous membrane, the outer, fibrous layer constituting the endosteum of the skull, the inner, serous layer forming one of the coverings of the brain. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • The free cancer cells positive rate related to the tumor infiltration depth, serous membrane invasion area and the type of histopathology.
  • The mesothelium consists of a single layer of flattened to cuboidal cells forming the epithelial lining of the serous cavities of the body including the peritoneal, pericardial and pleural cavities. Your Right Hand Thief
  • Serous cell transport of urea may be analogous to secretion of uric acid, the major antioxidant in nasal secretions.
  • CCC should be considered. But cytomorphology is more like serous borderline tumor with focal stromal invasion.
  • As the layers become continuous with each other at different points, the arachnoid, like the pericardium, forms a shut sac, and, like other serous membranes, it secretes a fluid, known as the _arachnoid fluid_. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand
  • Her menses ceased; her mammæ became engorged and discharged a serous lactescent fluid; her belly enlarged, and both she and her physician felt fetal movements in her abdomen. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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