Example Sentences

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A cough, said he, is "a convulsion of the lungs, vellicated by some sharp serosity," and a network is "anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections."

From Time Magazine Archive

At other times a separation takes place between the dermis and the epidermis, which is a perfect mass of serosity.

From The Dog by Youatt, William

If, however, the fluid is a serosity, we prefer to remove it by punctures with a very small trocar.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Skin tumefied and diffuse infiltration with a red serosity, with here and there small full� filled with a limpid liquid.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock