serum
/ˈsɪəɹəm/US/ˈsɪɹəm/
serum noun: 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). Also the ellipsis of blood serum.
Noun
serum (countable and uncountable, plural serums or sera)
- 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).
- Near-synonym: antiserum
- Synonyms:
- antiserum
- 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.
- The watery portion of certain other animal fluids, such as milk; whey.
- 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.
Also used as
serum is also the ellipsis of blood serum.
serum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
serum in Hindi
- सीरम
serum in Tamil
- சீரம்
serum in Marathi
- सीरम
serum in Urdu
- سیرم, سیروم
More languagesFewer languages
- serum in Bengali
- সিরাম
- serum in Telugu
- సీరం, సీరమ్
- serum in Malayalam
- സെറം, സീറം
- serum in Kannada
- ಸೀರಮ್, ಸೀರಂ
- serum in Punjabi
- ਸੀਰਮ
- serum in Gujarati
- સીરમ, સીરમનું
- serum in Odia
- ସେରମ୍, ସିରମ୍, ସୀରମ୍
- serum in Nepali
- सीरम, सिरम, सेरम
- serum in Arabic
- مَصْل دَم maṣl dam, مَصْل maṣl
- serum in Malay
- serum
- serum in Indonesian
- serum
- serum in Persian
- خونابه xunâbe, سرم serom
- serum in Thai
- ซีรัม, น้ำเหลืองของเลือด
- serum in Vietnamese
- huyết thanh
Examples of serum in a sentence
- Lab tests to consider under these circumstances include serum electrolytes, serum glucose, and urine protein.
- The Australian government has a team that regularly milks various snakes for venom to use creating serums and antivenoms.
- The intern was the administrant of the experimental serum.
Synonyms of serum
Forms of serum
| plural | serums |
|---|---|
| plural | sera |
Origin of serum
From Latin serum (“whey”). Cognates include French sérum, Spanish suero, Italian siere, siero, Portuguese soro. Doublet of suero.
Words formed from serum
Phrases with serum
Questions about serum
- What does serum mean?
- Serum means 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).
- What is serum in Hindi?
- Serum in Hindi is सीरम. See Serum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is serum?
- Serum is a noun.
- How do you pronounce serum?
- Serum is pronounced /ˈsɪəɹəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of serum?
- The plural of serum is serums.
Words near serum in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: serum (page history and authors); serum (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serum (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serum (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serum (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serum (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serum (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serum (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serum (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serum (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serum (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serum (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); serum (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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