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Serous  adj.  (Physiol.)
(a)
Thin; watery; like serum; as, the serous fluids.
(b)
Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See Serum.
Serous membrane. (Anat.) See under Membrane.





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... Dropsy).—This is an accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity. It is ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter
... the interiour parts, to kill the flat wormes of the belly, to remedy venemous mushromes, to preserve flesh over moyst from corruption, consuming the moysture thereof by its heat, and constipating by his astriction the substance of it, and pressing forth the serous humidity. ...
— Spadacrene Anglica - The English Spa Fountain • Edmund Deane
... 8. A frothy, serous fluid flowed continuously from the cavity of the mouth, the nostrils and ears. The mouth ...
— The Awakening - The Resurrection • Leo Nikoleyevich Tolstoy


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