blood serum

noun

: the clear yellowish fluid that remains from blood plasma after clotting factors (such as fibrinogen and prothrombin) have been removed by clot formation

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Our group is currently working on using blood serum to identify proteins that could be involved with breast cancer. Danielle Whitham, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024 Chang and his coauthors also analyzed samples of blood serum from humans with lupus, dermatomyositis and systemic sclerosis and compared them with samples from people without autoimmune disease. Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024 For flu, monitoring antigenic drift involves conducting a slew of blood serum tests in the lab and looking for patterns in the data. IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2022 Mayo is collecting blood serum samples stored at blood banks from another 2,000 to 3,000 patients who received convalescent plasma to expand its recent findings that high-dose plasma infusions had a greater impact on COVID-19 mortality than low-dose infusions. Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020 See all Example Sentences for blood serum 

Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blood serum was in 1801

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“Blood serum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20serum. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

blood serum

noun
: blood plasma from which certain substances (as fibrinogen) involved in the clotting of blood have been removed

Medical Definition

blood serum

noun

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