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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thin membrane lining a closed body cavity and moistened with a serous fluid.
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- noun anatomy A thin membrane that secretes
serum lining an internal body cavity, such as theperitoneum , thepericardium , and thepleura .
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- noun a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid
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deinonychus commented on the word serous membrane
I cannot stop reading this as serious membrane.
January 17, 2012