From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Serous \Se"rous\, adjective [Cf. F. s['e]reux. See {Serum}.] (Physiol.) (a) Thin; watery; like serum; as, the serous fluids. (b) Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See {Serum}.
{Serous membrane}. (Anat.) See under {Membrane}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: of or producing or containing serum; "a serous exudate"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "serous": bloody, chylifactive, chylifactory, chylific, excretory, humoral, ichorous, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, phlegmy, purulent, pussy, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, sanious, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal, sialagogic, spermatic, suppurated, suppurating, suppurative, tearlike, watering, watery
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