serum

(Inglese)

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of blood serum.
2. (countable, uncountable) Blood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual (human or nonhuman).
3. (countable, uncountable) A watery liquid from animal tissue, especially one that moistens the surface of serous membranes or that is exuded by such membranes when they become inflamed, such as in edema or a blister.
4. (countable, uncountable) The watery portion of certain other animal fluids, such as milk; whey.
5. (countable, uncountable) A skincare product of varying consistencies with a high concentration of one or more active ingredients, for a targeted purpose, such as preventing acne, repairing sun damage, or moisturizing.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈsɪəɹəm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine francese: sérum

Affine spagnolo: suero

Affine italiano: siere

Affine portoghese: soro

In summary

From Latin serum (“whey”). Cognates include French sérum, Spanish suero, Italian siere, siero, Portuguese soro. Doublet of suero.

Concetti

siero

siero di latte

siero sanguigno

sinonimi

blood serum

lymph

plasma

whey

fluid

juice

potion

sap

slime

slurry

tonic

serosity

medicine

💊

water

🚰

immunotoxin

antitoxic serum

antiserum

serous fluid

antitoxin

blood

🩸

drug

💊