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
French: membrane séreuse f, séreuse (fr) f
German: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: savós hártya
Italian: please add this translation if you can

Japanese: 漿膜 (しょうまく, shōmaku)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
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Romanian: membrană seroasă (ro) f
Russian: серо́зная оболо́чка f (seróznaja obolóčka)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: serosa (sv) c

See also

mucous membrane

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