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  • noun Plural form of serum.

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Examples

  • I have watched people who were treated by means of drugs and the biologic products, such as serums, vaccines and bacterines, which are now so popular, and I have watched many who have been treated by natural methods.

    Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency R. L. Alsaker

  • The idea is that serums should feel lighter than creams – less swampy, more delicate.

    Beauty spot: eye serum 2011

  • Last year, the magazine tested nine face serums, available at drug stores for prices ranging from $20 to $65 and all claiming to reduce wrinkles.

    Boomers will be spending billions to counter aging 2011

  • Skin care:One of the industry's booming sectors is anti-aging skin care, featuring wrinkle creams and facial serums.

    Boomers will be spending billions to counter aging 2011

  • The merchandise offered, includes moisturizers alone to be used day and night, anti-aging night creams, sunscreens, anti-wrinkle/antioxidant creams, facial foundations or skin lightening serums.

    Robert Tornambe, M.D.: What's In That Cream You're Putting On Your Face? M.D. Robert Tornambe 2011

  • A dizzying array of anti-aging lotions and serums claim to reduce wrinkles, shrink pores, or brighten skin.

    Fighting Wrinkles You Don't Have Yet Christina Binkley 2011

  • PARANOID SELF-LOATHING GOP LOBBYIST PATS SELF ON BACK - Our favorite PSLGOPL, perhaps suffering the brain-atrophying effects of one of Rick Perry's forced lady serums, sent us this stream-of-consciousness rant about James Carville: Am I going to take credit for Carville's call to arms and fire Democratic operatives?

    HUFFPOST HILL - Rick Perry Is The North Star Of Texas Lobbyists Eliot Nelson 2011

  • Columbia University Press Yael Alkalay Since opening her Manhattan store, which initially sold only petal-topped candles and flower teas, she's developed more than 100 products, ranging from perfumes to skin serums, inspired by her frequent travels and containing meticulously sourced ingredients such as reiki mushroom extract and Finnish berry oils.

    Yael Alkalay 2011

  • When the Algenist anti-aging line was launched at Sephora last March, baby-boomer women older than 50 were the intended customers for its creams and serums, which saturate skin with nutrients and an ingredient extracted from algae.

    Fighting Wrinkles You Don't Have Yet Christina Binkley 2011

  • The merchandise offered, includes moisturizers alone to be used day and night, anti-aging night creams, sunscreens, anti-wrinkle/antioxidant creams, facial foundations or skin lightening serums.

    Robert Tornambe, M.D.: What's In That Cream You're Putting On Your Face? M.D. Robert Tornambe 2011

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