Serous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Serous \Se"rous\, a. [Cf. F. s['e]reux. See {Serum}.] (Physiol.)
     (a) Thin; watery; like serum; as, the serous fluids.
     (b) Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands,
         membranes, layers. See {Serum}.
         [1913 Webster]
  


     {Serous membrane}. (Anat.) See under {Membrane}.
        [1913 Webster] Serow

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  serous
       adj : of or producing or containing serum; "a serous exudate"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "serous":
     bloody, chylifactive, chylifactory, chylific, excretory, humoral,
     ichorous, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal,
     lacteous, phlegmy, purulent, pussy, rheumy, salivant, salivary,
     salivous, sanious, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal,
     sialagogic, spermatic, suppurated, suppurating, suppurative,
     tearlike, watering, watery