se·ro·sa (s -r  s , -z)n. pl. se·ro·sas or se·ro·sae (-s  , -z) 1. A serous membrane, especially one that lines the pericardial, pleural, and peritoneal cavities, enclosing their contents. 2. The chorion of a bird or reptile embryo. [New Latin ser sa, feminine of sersus, serous, from Latin serum, serum.]se·ro sal (-zl) adj. |
serosa [sɪˈrəʊsə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) another name for serous membrane
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) one of the thin membranes surrounding the embryo in an insect's egg
[from New Latin, from serōsus relating to serum]
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| Noun | 1. | serosa - a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid pleura - the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest tissue layer, membrane - a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants peritoneum - a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera endocardium - the membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves pericardium - a serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart epicardium, visceral pericardium - the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium parietal pericardium - the tough outermost layer of the pericardium that is attached to the diaphragm and the sternum |
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