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    serum
    Fluid that is left when blood clots; the cells are enmeshed in fibrin and the clot retracts because of the contraction of platelets. It differs from plasma in having lost various proteins involved in clot formation (fibrinogen, prothrombin, various blood-clotting factors such as Hagemann factor, Fac...
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    Serum
    Se'rum (sē'rŭm) noun [ Latin , akin to Greek ........., Sanskrit sāra curd.] (Physiol.) (a) The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc. (b) A thin watery fluid, containing more or l...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/74
    
    
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    serum
    <haematology> The clear portion of any body fluid, the clear fluid moistening serous membranes. ... 2. Blood serum, the clear liquid that separates from blood on clotting. ... 3. Immune serum, blood serum from an immunised animal used for passive immunisation, an antiserum, antitoxin or antive...
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    serum
    blood serum noun watery fluid of the blood that resembles plasma but contains fibrinogen
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    serum
    (sēr´әm) pl. serums, se´ra the clear portion of any animal or plant fluid that remains after the solid elements have been separated out. The term usually refers to blood serum, the clear, straw-colored, liquid portion of the plasma that does not contain fibrinogen or blood cells, and re...
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    Serum
    • (n.) A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum. • (n.) The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/serum/
    
    
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    serum
    the portion of plasma remaining after coagulation of blood, during which process the plasma protein fibrinogen is converted to fibrin and remains ... [8 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/68
    
    
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    serum
    (L. 'whey') the clear portion of any body fluid; the clear fluid moistening serous membranes. 2. blood serum; the clear liquid that separates from blood on clotting. 3. immune serum; blood serum from an immunized animal used for passive immunization; an antiserum; antitoxin, or antivenin.
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio80.html
    
    
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    Serum
    [blood] In blood, the serum (UK, US) is the component that is neither a blood cell (serum does not contain white or red blood cells) nor a clotting factor; it is the blood plasma with the fibrinogens removed. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the el...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serum_(blood)
    
    
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    Serum
    - the fluid component of blood from which the clotting protein fibrinogen has been removed.
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    serum
    The clear, yellowish liquid component of blood, lymph, and other body fluids, which separates when they are allowed to clot completely. Serum is composed of blood plasma, from which fibrinogen has been removed by means of clotting. Serum therapy involves injecting serum containing antibodies (glob.....
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/serum.html
    
    
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    serum
    serum: see blood.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0918613.html
    
    
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    serum
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sē′rum, -ŭmz, -ă Definitions: 1. A clear, watery fluid, especially that moistening the surface of serous membranes, or exuded in inflammation of any of those membranes. 2. The fluid portion of the blood obtained after removal of the fibrin clot and bloo...
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