serosaladj.
/sɪˈrəʊsəl/ Anatomy and Medicine.
Of or pertaining to serosa or serum.
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1949 Jrnl. Physiol. 110 40 The serosal surface of the intestine.
1958 B. M. Patten Found. Embryol. xi. 187 There is thus formed a double layer of mesoderm, the serosal component of which is somatic mesoderm and the allantoic component of which is splanchnic mesoderm.
1968 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. I. xvi. 5/2 (heading) Mesothelial or serosal sac membranes.
1976 Path. Ann. 11 4 (caption) Colonic wall with full-thickness ischemic necrosis. The inflammatory infiltrate is situated in the serosal region.
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