BLOOD SERUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood serum mean? 

• BLOOD SERUM (noun)
  The noun BLOOD SERUM has 1 sense:

1. an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates

  Familiarity information: BLOOD SERUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD SERUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

blood serum; serum

Hypernyms ("blood serum" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

Meronyms (substance of "blood serum"):

serum albumin (albumin occurring in blood serum; serves to maintain the somatic pressure of the blood)

serum globulin (globulins occurring in blood serum and containing most of the antibodies of the blood)

opsonin (an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood serum"):

antiserum (blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease)

milk whey; whey (the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese)

Holonyms ("blood serum" is a substance of...):

blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)

 Context examples 

A blood serum or immunoglobulin fraction that contains antibodies against specific antigens obtained from previously immunized animals.

(Antiserum, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptide, amino acid derivative, and/or organic acid extracted from blood serum, urine, or synthesized chemically, that inhibits the methylation of nucleic acids and the incorporation of L-glutamine into tumor-cell proteins.

(Antineoplaston Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Using an advanced genetic test, researchers were able to detect diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in blood serum before it could be seen on CT scans.

(Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma Progression, NIH)

A ranking of the relationship between various foods and glucose blood serum levels.

(Glycemic index, NCI Thesaurus)

By analyzing stool and blood serum samples taken at various times up to one year after vaccination, the researchers tracked the participants’ immune response to the influenza vaccines, as well as the diversity and abundance of the organisms in their gut microbiomes.

(Disrupting the gut microbiome may affect some immune responses to flu vaccination, National Institutes of Health)

A research team tested next-generation sequencing to assess whether cell-free circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) from DLBCL could be detected in blood serum and used to monitor the disease.

(Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma Progression, NIH)