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Serum vs Iv - What's the difference?

serum | iv |

As nouns the difference between serum and iv

is that serum is the clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot. Also called blood serum while IV is an intravenous injection.

As an abbreviation IV is

used to indicate an ordinal number; the fourth (common as a name suffix..

As an initialism IV is

intravenous.

serum

English

(wikipedia serum)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot. Also called blood serum.
  • Blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals, containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual, called antiserum.
  • A watery fluid from animal tissue, especially one that moistens the surface of serous membranes or that is exuded by such membranes when they become inflamed, such as in edema or a blister.
  • The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc; whey.
  • (skincare) An intensive moisturising product to be applied after cleansing but before a general moisturiser.
  • Derived terms

    * antiserum * blood serum * immune serum * serous * serum sickness * truth serum

    iv

    English

    Alternative forms

    * iv, IIII

    Etymology 1

    One (I) less than five (V)

    Cardinal number

    IV' or ' iv
  • A Roman numeral representing four (4).
  • Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • Used to indicate an ordinal number; the fourth (common as a name suffix.)
  • Etymology 2

    abbreviation

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (medicine) Intravenous.
  • (statistics) Instrumental variable.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) An intravenous injection.
  • Anagrams

    * Roman numerals ----