Definitions for serum

serum se·rum

Spelling: [seer-uh m]
IPA: /ˈsɪər əm/

Serum is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in serum (emrsu).

Definitions for serum

noun

  1. the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
  2. immune serum.
  3. any watery animal fluid.
  4. the thin, clear part of the fluid of plants.
  5. milk whey.

Origin of serum

1655-65; Latin: whey

Examples for serum

A Washington Post blog asks: “Why do two white Americans get the Ebola serum while hundreds of Africans die?”

The serum failed to neutralize the virus in subsequent tests and seemed to offer little protection in animal experiments.

My serum can destroy your conscious mind—but not your native fear?

But it was not entirely clear whether the serum was responsible for the happy outcome.

Serifluus means flowing with serum, the watery part of milk.

He took a mouse from the box I had seen, and with a needle injected the serum.

They find the effect of this serum much better than that of others.

The New Republic demands: “Why did two U.S. missionaries get an Ebola serum while Africans are left to die?”

serum: the fluid in which the blood corpuscles float or are suspended.

Never mind that there seem to have been no more than eight doses of the serum in existence.

Word Value for serum
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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