'Serous' definitions:
Definition of 'serous'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or producing or containing serum; "a serous exudate"
Definition of 'Serous'
From: 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
Synonyms of 'serous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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