serous
serous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 39 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- blood
- chyle
- condense
- flow
- flowing
- fluent
- fluid
- fluidity
- gaseity
- gravy
- humor
- hydrodynamics
- hydrology
- hydrostatics
- ichor
- ichorous
- inelastic
- juice
- juicy
- liquefy
- liquid
- liquidity
- liquidness
- liquor
- lymph
- melt
- motion
- rest
- rheum
- sanies
- sap
- sappy
- serosity
- serum
- solubility
- soluble
- solubleness
- succulent
- water
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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