blood serum

American  

noun

1. serum.

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blood serum British  

noun

1. blood plasma from which the clotting factors have been removed

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blood serum Scientific  

1. Blood plasma from which the protein fibrinogen, which causes clotting of the blood, has been removed.

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Etymology

Origin of blood serum

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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blood serum

Of the successful claims, two of the men were cleared by DNA evidence, while blood serum evidence was used to prove innocence in the third.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Skop and collaborators also have a patent pending on two new methods that make it easier to isolate midbody structures from cell media or blood serum, improving cancer diagnostics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2023

Hypertonic blood serum can affect the shape of your red blood cells, making it harder for them to carry oxygen around your body.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2023

Thirty-five days later, they screened the animals’ blood serum for antibodies that targeted ACE2 and blocked SARS-CoV-2 from binding to it.

From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2023

Jahrling carried some slides containing spots of his own blood serum into his closet, shut the door, turned out the light.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston