serous membrane

English

Noun

serous membrane (plural serous membranes)

(anatomy) A thin membrane that secretes serum lining an internal body cavity, such as the peritoneum, the pericardium, and the pleura.

Synonyms

serosa
serous tunic

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:serous membrane

Translations

thin membrane that secretes serum in body cavity

Chinese:
Mandarin: 漿膜 (zh), 浆膜 (zh) (jiāngmó), 漿模, 浆模 (jiāngmó)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: herakalvo, seroosa
Japanese: 漿膜 (しょうまく, shōmaku)

Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: membrană seroasă (ro) f
Russian: серо́зная оболо́чка f (seróznaja obolóčka)
Swedish: serosa (sv) c

See also

mucous membrane

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