serum

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  1. noun The clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot. Also called blood serum.
  2. noun Blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals, containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual.
  3. noun Watery fluid from animal tissue, such as that found in edema.

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  • He worked for a short time, mixing the chemicals, and when he finished, he had a vial of truth serum--the most efficient type of truth serum which he had been able to develop, which did not mean that it was any too efficient The truth serum, in fact, was unreliable. —  088 - The Awful Egg
  • There was some danger of damage to the mental condition of anyone to whom the potent chemicals of the serum were administered. —  108 - Men of Fear
  • "It is a concoction devised by myself and Monk, here The captive screamed as the serum was administered Monk bounced around on the prisoner's chest as the man sought vainly to arise and flee How long?" —  026 - The Spook Legion
  • The serum, which is worth 68 dollars, is made from plant stem cells. —  Medindia Health News
  • Anti-serum was administered to both, but Hassan's condition quickly deteriorated to where his lungs began to fail and the physicians feared that they were losing him. —  Red Liberal
 

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  1. Latin, whey, serum.

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  1. = French sérum = Spanish suero = Italian siere, siero, from Latin serum, whey, = Greek ὀρός, whey, from √ sar, flow: see salt.
 

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