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Serose vs Serosa - What's the difference?

serose | serosa |

As an adjective serose

is serous.

As a noun serosa is

a membrane which lines an internal cavity to protect the contents and which secretes serum.

serose

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) serous
  • * 1662 , , Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 45:
  • "But the Butter is not pressed at all, as appears in that no serose humour is squeezed out of it..."

    serosa

    English

    Noun

    (serosae)
  • A membrane which lines an internal cavity to protect the contents and which secretes serum.
  • * {{quote-book, 1955, title=Bulletin de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, author=
  • , passage=Like the serous membranes of dehydrated cholera victims in general, the serosae of the small intestines in particular are often covered by a sticky and slimy coat,}}
  • *
  • Synonyms

    * (membrane) serous membrane

    Derived terms

    * (membrane) serosal, subserosa

    See also

    * (membrane) mucosa, amnion, adventitia