serous fluid

American

noun

any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.

serous fluid British

noun

a thin watery fluid found in many body cavities, esp those lined with serous membrane

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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

Between the pericardial sac and the heart is the pericardial cavity, which is filled with lubricating serous fluid.

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 characteristic lesion of foot-and-mouth disease is the appearance of vesicles containing a serous fluid upon the mucous membrane of the mouth and upon the udder, teats, and feet of the affected animals.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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