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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A thin membrane lining a closed body cavity and moistened with a serous fluid.

Wiktionary

  1. n. anatomy A thin membrane that secretes serum lining an internal body cavity, such as the peritoneum, the pericardium, and the pleura.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Anat.) See under Membrane.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. serous tunic
  1. serosa

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. tissue layer
  1. membrane

hyponyms (7)

Words that are more specific

  1. pericardium
  1. epicardium
  1. parietal pericardium
  1. endocardium
  1. peritoneum
  1. pleura
  1. visceral pericardium

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. pleura
  2. endocardium
  3. peritoneum
  4. pericardium
  1. fibroserous
  2. serous
  3. epithelium
  4. hyaloserositis
  1. serosa
  2. serositis
  3. pleuroperitoneum
  4. subserous
  1. endolymphangial
  2. vaginectomy
  3. serous membrane
  4. arachnoid
  1. cell (sel)
  2. pseudostoma
  3. mesocyst
  4. visceral

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