Thesaurus results for SERUM

serum

noun

Definition of serum

as in drug

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Recent Examples of serum Tower 28’s Swipe All-Over Hydrating Serum Concealer is up to the task, pairing a featherlight, serum-like texture with buildable coverage. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026 The Eye Brightening and Depuffing Anti-Aging Concentrate formula is a new-and-improved version of the anti-aging serum-hybrid. — Tessa Petak, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026 This is particularly relevant to PDRN, because an in-clinic treatment and a topical serum may contain the same ingredient, but deliver it to the skin in very different ways. — Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Cutting back on aggressive cleansers, leaning on fiber and polyphenols and giving your face a few product-free days can do more for stubborn redness than another serum. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for serum

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Noun

Moderna's mRNA vaccine — used in combination with Merck's cancer immunotherapy drug Keytruda — is built from a patient's own tumor, which has its own genetic sequence, so each dose is personalized.

— Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The duration of Kyrgios’ ban will depend in part on whether he is found to have deliberately taken the drug, and in part on whether the incident happened before the tournament started.

— James Hansen, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of drug

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Those who develop an intestinal illness from listeria should drink plenty of fluids, and those with invasive illnesses from the bacteria may need to be treated with antibiotics, the website says.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2026
Key Takeaways Some medications, including certain antibiotics and NSAIDs, can harm the kidneys if used for too long or in high doses.

— Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of antibiotic

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Some popular advice suggests parents on appetite-suppressing medication simply not talk about it or offer vague statements about taking care of their health.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Some of us assist in delivery rooms, some of us administer medications, some of us advocate for our patients to insurance companies to make sure lifesaving is covered.

— Nancy Hagans, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of medication

Noun

Our linen closet has long doubled as a medicine station — stocked with bronchodilators, pinworm pills, antiviral medication, pain relief patches, pulse oximeters and nebulizers, vials of Prednisone, even EpiPen injectors.

— Allan Ripp, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
In Iran, the rate of inflation for food has soared by nearly 130% over the past 12 months, and people are having to buy food and medicine in installments, according to reports from Iranian media.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of medicine

Noun

To decolonize the nose, patients’ nostrils are simply swabbed with a cotton tip that has been coated with antiseptic.

— Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
After removing the tick, the bite area should be cleaned with soap and water, rubbing alcohol, or another antiseptic.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 16 June 2026

Definition of antiseptic

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The values of these goods, described as flowing through third countries to evade levies on imports and other trade remedies, are based on analysis from two government and three private-sector sources.

— Laura Curtis, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Read that figure with caution, since Arcade writes the rubric and sells the remedy.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of remedy

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Two employees in pharmaceutical industry wearing protective gloves, mask, cap and white suit seen standing by the machine that is the part of the medicaments production during the working hours in a pharmaceutical manufacturing.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 29 May 2026
The doctors here have every modern medicament, but candidly confessed that the answer to the malady is beyond them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025

Definition of medicament

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