1670s, "watery animal fluid," from Latin serum "watery fluid, whey," from PIE root *ser- (2) "to run, flow" (cognates: Greek oros "whey;" Sanskrit sarah "flowing," sarit "brook, river"). First applied 1893 to blood serum used in medical treatments.
例文
1. They are determining the serum -protein and cholesterol levels.
彼らは血清蛋白質とコレステロールの濃度を測定している。
2.The serum is available to the general public.
一般公衆は血清を得ることができる。
3.The only available hyperimmune serum was of equine origin.
唯一得られる超免疫血清は馬に由来する。
4.Untreated serum contains a set of 11 proteins called complement.
未処理の血清は補体と呼ばれる11種類のタンパク質群を含む。
5.Antibodies were part of the r-globulin fraction of serum .