Blood-serum
serum (def 1).
Historical Examples
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II Various
The Fundamentals of Bacteriology Charles Bradfield Morrey
Experiments on Animals Stephen Paget
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why Martha M. Allen
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique John William Henry Eyre
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) Various
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2 Various
noun
blood plasma from which the clotting factors have been removed
blood serum
Blood plasma from which the protein fibrinogen, which causes clotting of the blood, has been removed.
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