| NOUN | body | serum, blood serum | an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates |
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| Sounds | sih'rahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | An amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates. | |
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| Synonym | blood serum | |
| Narrower | antiserum | blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens |
| whey, milk whey | The serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese | |
| Broader | liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour | The liquid parts of the body |
| Substance of | blood | The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets |
| Substances | opsonin | An antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes |
| serum albumin | albumin occurring in blood serum | |
| serum globulin | globulins occurring in blood serum and containing most of the antibodies of the blood | |
| Spanish | plasma, suero | |
| Catalan | plasma, sèrum | |
| Adjectives | serous | of or producing or containing serum |
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