serous fluid
Americannoun
noun
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A softened area over the perisylvian region contained a cavity the size of a chicken’s egg, filled with serous fluid.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
This mesothelium secretes the lubricating serous fluid that fills the pericardial cavity and reduces friction as the heart contracts.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Both the parietal and visceral serosa secrete the thin, slippery serous fluid located within the serous cavities.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The pericardial cavity, filled with lubricating serous fluid, lies between the epicardium and the pericardium.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The epithelia are swollen with serous fluid, and the exudate, though largely serous, contains also the corpuscles recognized in plastic lymph.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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