serum

Meanings

• noun

  A clear, yellowish or colorless, thin fluid extracted from the coagulated blood or lymph by centrifugation. It is rich in proteins, vitamins, and minerals, and is used in medicine for various purposes, including as a plasma substitute, an antitoxin, and a vaccine carrier.

  - "The patient received a serum injection to boost her immunity."
  - "The serum was used to treat the victim's snake bite."
  - "The researchers used serum to culture the virus."

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Synonyms

blood serum

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with serum
germ , firm , term , swarm , farm

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Variants

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sera , serum , serums , serum albumin , serum albumins , serum globulin , serum globulins , serum hepatitis , serum hepatitises , serum sickness , serum sicknesses , blood serum , blood serums , convalescent sera , convalescent serum , convalescent serums , truth serum , truth serums

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Etymology

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From Old French sérum, from Latin sērum 'vinegar, sour wine, serum, sap'. The modern medical use of the term is unrelated to its original meaning.

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Trivia

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1. Serum was the first substance to be successfully transported from one place to another for therapeutic purposes. In 1892, Emil von Behring sent a vial of diphtheria antitoxin from Berlin to Marburg, Germany, saving the life of a young boy.

2. Serum is also used in the production of certain foods, such as cheese and ice cream, where it is used to coagulate milk and create curds.

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Related Concepts

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1. plasma: Serum is a component of plasma, the liquid part of blood, and is obtained from it through a process of clotting and centrifugation.

2. antitoxin: Serum is often used to carry antitoxins, which are proteins produced in the body or obtained from other sources that neutralize the effects of toxins.

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Culture

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Serum has been used in medicine for centuries, dating back to the early 19th century when Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccine using cowpox serum. It has also been used in various forms of literature, including in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby', where the character Tom Buchanan is described as having 'a thin, high voice, as if he had been educated at a public school, and called people 'old sport' and 'old man' and 'old woman'.

How to Memorize "serum"

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3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Sour Substance Extracted from Blood' to remember the meaning of serum.

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