Recent Examples on the WebThis group of serous young Americans actually established the Libertarian Party that was to become the only political party in America that was founded to work in a principled and consistent way for everyone’s liberty, on every issue.—Richard Boddie, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024 Molten sulfur can cause serous thermal burns upon contact and will form toxic and flammable gases when reacting to hydrocarbon, a compound at the heart of fossil fuels.—Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 25 June 2023 Her case was complicated by a serous choroidal detachment, an abnormal accumulation of fluid, which ultimately led to vision loss in the left eye.—Janelle Chavez, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023 Google corrected me: central serous.—Liane Kupferberg Carter, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 A year after his fall, Graham was diagnosed with endometrial serous carcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of uterine cancer.—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2023 Musk offered $44 billion for the platform in April, which at the time felt like a deliciously grandiose rich-guy flex, rather than a serous bid.—Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2022 Zachary said that there are serous gardeners, or those who like to see the works of other serious gardeners, who travel the world specifically for such tours.—cleveland, 4 June 2022 Exudative or serous retinal detachment (SRD) is rare type of retinal detachment, which occurs when fluid accumulates under your retina and pushes it away from the blood vessels.—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English cerose, serose, serous, borrowed from Medieval Latin serōsus, from Latin serum "whey, wheylike fluid" + -ōsus-ous — more at serum entry 1
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