| sera | Plural of serum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| seraglio | 1. An inclosure; a place of separation. "I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell as in a suburb, by themselves. I passed by the piazza Judea, where their seraglio begins." (Evelyn) 2. The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also kept the females of the harem. 3. A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery. Origin: It. Serraglio, originally, an inclosure of palisades, afterwards also, a palace, seraglio (by confusion with Per. Seraia a palace, an entirely different word), fr. Serrare to shut, fr. LL. Serra a bar for fastening doors, L. Sera. See Serry, Series. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| seral stages | The series of relatively transitory plant communities that develop during ecological succession from bare ground to the climax stage. (05 Dec 1998) |
| seralbumen | <physiology> Serum albumin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| seralbumin | <protein> The serum level of the low molecular protein albumin. Albumin, produced by the liver, plays an important role in maintaining plasma oncotic pressure. Normal serum albumin should be 3.5-5.0 grams per decilitre. Low serum albumin can be found in cases of liver disease and malnutrition. (27 Sep 1997) |
| seraph | Origin: Heb. Seraphim, pl. One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. "As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. <zoology> " (Pope) Seraph moth, any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus Lobophora, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| serapis | An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| immune sera | Serum that contains antibodies. It is obtained from an animal that has been immunised either by antigen injection or infection with microorganisms containing the antigen. (12 Dec 1998) |
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