serous

About 0.95 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Containing, secreting, or resembling serum; watery; a fluid or discharge that is pale yellow and transparent, usually representing something of a benign nature. (This contrasts with sanguine, which means blood-tinged and usually harmful.)

Similar words

demilune grave severe serious demilunes serosanguineous serosanguinous serumal mucoserous synovial

Often followed by

membranes fluid membrane and or cavities effusion otitis coat cells