Serum

Introduction: Serum

Description of Serum

Serum: The clear liquid part of the blood that remains after blood cells and clotting proteins have been removed.
Source: National Institute of Health

Serum: clear liquid that separates from blood on clotting; blood plasma from which fibrinogen has been removed in the process of clotting.
Source: CRISP

Serum: The clear portion of BLOOD that is left after BLOOD COAGULATION to remove BLOOD CELLS and clotting proteins.
Source: MeSH 2007

Serum as an Organ

Serum (organ): The name for blood plasma after the clotting protein fibrinogen is removed.

Serum (organ): See Serum (organ information).

More information on organs: Serum:

• Serum

Terms associated with Serum:

Related Topics

• Plasma

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Serum:

• Immune Sera

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Serum

• Blood

Source - MeSH 2007

• blood

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Serum:

• antiserum

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Serum

The following list attempts to classify Serum into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Fluids and Secretions
  • Body Fluids
    • Blood
      • Serum

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Hemic and Immune Systems
  • Blood
    • Serum

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