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Sero Serology Serum Seroma Serosa Serotonin
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ SERO         prefix for SERUM
~ SEROLOGY     med> STUDY OF IMMUNE REACTIONS
~ SERUM   id+ | WHEY | thus
          WATERY COMPONENT OF MILK
          SEPARTED FROM THE CURD or CLOT
          as in
     lat SERUM    SERUM and WHEY
     skt SARATI   IT FLOWS
     gr   OROS    or
         HOROS    leading to
         HORMA    TO EXCITE
     med>         HORMOMES CIRCULATE AND EXCITE
     id+ | WHAT REMAINS AFTER COAGULATION of
           MILK  BLODD etc |
     id+ | ORGANIC LIQUID implies
           CLEAR FLUID
           NON CLOTTING
           WATERY thus
           LOW CONTENT OF PROTEIN AND FAT |
~ SEROMA  id+ | TUMOR from COLLECTION OF SERUM |
~ SEROSA     med> CHORION and other MEMBRANES
~ SEROTONIN  med> MONOAMINE VASOCONSTRICTING PROTEIN
             med> SERODIAGNOSIS or
  DIAGNOSTIC SERUM TESTS
  see> PLASMA
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