serum
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- noun
- /ˈsɪrəm/
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- You will be the first to test our super serum.
- serum samples
- serum concentrations
- serum cotinine
Therefore it keeps your serum insulin levels normal.
- Therefore it keeps your serum insulin levels normal.
- There are also various treatments, including using serum from previously infected individuals.
- What you measure in the serum is but a fraction of the total body pool of cholesterol.
- And so yes, we would always use serum from non patients to do these kind of experiments as well.
- There's tremendous debate about whether or not dietary cholesterol directly relates to or does not relate to serum cholesterol, LDL and HDL.
- Your body tightly controls how much potassium is in your serum or your bloodstream because too much or too little can cause problems.
- Now, when we look at their serum insulin levels, this first graph A is the people with normal glucose tolerance.
- So it's, it's around in the serum, in the blood long enough to where it's producing an effect pretty much all the time.
Examples
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Follow-up laboratory testing identified a marked increase in his serum glucose and insulin levels.
Academic text (2008) -
A serum derived from your blood.
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We do not have much of the original serum left.
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Such a model would have made a perfect control to see if your serum was working.
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We'll take a look at your blood serum.
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There are also various treatments, including using serum from previously infected individuals.
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The patient left Hong Kong before a serum sample could be obtained.
Academic text (2012) -
Your body tightly controls how much potassium is in your serum or your bloodstream because too much or too little can cause problems.
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This serum, injected into the bloodstream, affects the lymphoid tissues.
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The doctor explained that the serum contains important proteins that help in healing.
Synonyms
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A clear yellow liquid left after blood forms a clot that doctors use for medical tests
Compounds
- Specialized
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A drug given to relax someone and make them more likely to say what they know
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A clear yellow liquid left after blood forms a clot that doctors use for medical tests
- Specialized
A medicine made from blood proteins that gives quick, short-term protection against disease
- Specialized
A medicine made from a blood protein given into a vein to restore blood volume and replace lost protein
- Archaic
A delayed harmful reaction by the body's defenses after receiving medicine made from another person's or animal's blood
- Specialized
Proteins in the liquid part of blood that include most antibodies that help fight infection
- Archaic
A liver infection caused by a virus that spreads through blood or body fluids and can remain in blood
- Specialized
A delayed reaction to a foreign injection that causes fever, rash, and joint pain
Surface Forms
Etymology
Serum comes from Latin serum, which meant 'whey', the thin liquid left when milk becomes cheese. That's why serum now means the clear, yellowish liquid left after blood clots.