serosal, a. Anat. and Med.
(sɪˈrəʊsəl)
[f. L. serōs-us, f. ser-um serum + -al.]
Of or pertaining to serosa or serum.
| 1949 Jrnl. Physiol. CX. 40 The serosal surface of the intestine. 1958 B. M. Patten Found. Embryol. xi. 187 There is thus formed a double layer of mesoderm, the serosal component of which is somatic mesoderm and the allantoic component of which is splanchnic mesoderm. 1968 [see mesothelial a.]. 1976 Path. Ann. XI. 4 (caption) Colonic wall with full-thickness ischemic necrosis. The inflammatory infiltrate is situated in the serosal region. |