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serosanguineous.

Adjective
HorrorTechnical
MEANING

Composed of or containing a mixture of serum and blood.

Use it for

watery blood-tinged fluid described precisely; a wound’s secretion distinguished from pure blood or pus; medical texture without guessing a cause

Words that belong together

  • serosanguineous fluid
  • serosanguineous drainage

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Serosanguineous fluid stained the edge of the dressing.
The fictional laboratory recorded serosanguineous drainage around the newly formed joint.

Related words

serum-and-blood-containingblood-tinged (broader)serosanguinous (spelling variant)
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serosanguineous

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Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Relational or ontological adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative usually not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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