serosan.
/sɪˈrəʊsə/ Anatomy and Medicine.
A serous membrane; spec. (a) those lining the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial sacs; †(b) the chorion of a bird embryo.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily substance > membrane > [noun] > serous
serosa1890
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Serosa. 1. The membrane of the bird embryo corresponding to the mammalian chorion. 2. Serous membrane.
1898 A. S. Packard Text-bk. Entomol. 533 The serosa..forms a closed sac which covers the whole surface of the egg.
1921 B. M. Patten Early Embryol. of Chick xi. 87 The albumen-sac..is surrounded by folds of serosa, and the allantois after its establishment develops within the serosa, between it and the amnion. Thus the serosa eventually encompasses the embryo itself and all the other extra-embryonic members.
1964 Urologia Internationalis XVII. 14 Reconstruction of the urinary bladder was done after subtotal vesicosectomy. One method employed Teflon lined by serosa.
Compounds
attributive, as serosa mucin, a mucinous protein found in inflammatory exudates.
ΚΠ
1908 Practitioner Oct. 621 In inflammatory fluids, from the peritoneum especially, serosamucin is usually met with.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
<
n.1890