Serum: alternatives and connections

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Serum

The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.

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Humor 76% connected

Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

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Humour 76% connected

the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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Whey 76% connected

The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese.

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Blood 70% connected

The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste produc…

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