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Serous vs Serose - What's the difference?

serous | serose |

As adjectives the difference between serous and serose

is that serous is containing, secreting, or resembling serum; watery; a fluid or discharge that is pale yellow and transparent, usually representing something of a benign nature. (This contrasts with the term sanguine, which means blood-tinged and usually harmful. while serose is serous.

serous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (medicine) Containing, secreting, or resembling serum; watery; a fluid or discharge that is pale yellow and transparent, usually representing something of a benign nature. (This contrasts with the term sanguine, which means blood-tinged and usually harmful.)

    • Derived terms

    * serous gland * serous membrane

    Related terms

    * mucous * blood serum * muscle serum * serum albumin

    Anagrams

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    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..."