serosa

[ si-roh-suh, -zuh ]

noun,plural se·ro·sas, se·ro·sae [si-roh-see, -zee]. /sɪˈroʊ si, -zi/.
  1. Embryology, Zoology.

    • the chorion.

    • a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.

Origin of serosa

1
1885–90; <New Latin serōsa, feminine of serōsus, equivalent to Latin ser(um) serum + -ōsus-ose1

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serosa

/ (sɪˈrəʊsə) /


noun
  1. another name for serous membrane

  2. one of the thin membranes surrounding the embryo in an insect's egg

Origin of serosa

1
C19: from New Latin, from serōsus relating to serum

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