Usually means: Fluid resembling serum; watery secretion.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word serous:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. serous: Merriam-Webster
  2. serous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. serous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. serous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. serous: Vocabulary.com
  6. Serous, serous: Wordnik
  7. serous: Wiktionary
  8. serous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. serous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. serous: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. serous: Dictionary.com
  12. serous: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Serous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Serous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. serous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. serous: Rhymezone
  17. Serous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. serous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. serous: FreeDictionary.org
  20. serous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. serous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. serous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. serous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. serous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Serous: MedFriendly Glossary
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  8. serous: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  9. serous: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (serous)

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.)

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