SEROSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does serosa mean? 

• SEROSA (noun)
  The noun SEROSA has 1 sense:

1. a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid

  Familiarity information: SEROSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEROSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

serosa; serous membrane

Hypernyms ("serosa" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "serosa"):

pleura (the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest)

peritoneum (a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera)

endocardium (the membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves)

pericardium (a serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart)

epicardium; visceral pericardium (the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium)

parietal pericardium (the tough outermost layer of the pericardium that is attached to the diaphragm and the sternum)

 Context examples 

They include the mucosa, submucosa, smooth muscle, and serosa.

(Bladder Wall, NCI Thesaurus)

Cancer has spread to 7 or more nearby lymph nodes; or cancer has spread through the serosa of the colon and/or rectal wall and has spread to nearby organs.

(Dukes C colorectal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

It is composed of four layers - mucosa, submucosa, smooth muscle with inner circular and outer longitudinal layers, and serosa.

(Large Intestinal Wall Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologically-confirmed deep attachment of the placenta into the myometrium and serosa.

(Placenta Percreta, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologically-confirmed deep attachment of the placenta into the myometrium that does not cross the serosa.

(Placenta Increta, NCI Thesaurus)

It occurs in the peritoneum and may affect the serosa surface of the uterus and the adnexa.

(Endosalpingiosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Cancer has spread (1) through the muscle layer of the colon and/or rectal wall to the serosa (outermost layer) of the colon and/or rectal wall; or (2) through the serosa of the colon and/or rectal wall but has not spread to nearby organs; or (3) through the serosa of the colon and/or rectal wall to nearby organs.

(Dukes B colorectal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

OR, (3) cancer has spread through the serosa of the colon and/or rectal wall but has not spread to nearby organs.

(Dukes C colorectal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

Cancer has spread to at least 4 but not more than 6 nearby lymph nodes; or cancer has spread through the muscle layer of the colon and/or rectal wall to the serosa of the colon and/or rectal wall or has spread through the serosa but has not spread to nearby organs.

(Dukes C colorectal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

OR, (2) cancer has spread through the muscle layer of the colon and/or rectal wall to the serosa (outermost layer) of the colon and/or rectal wall or has spread through the serosa but not to nearby organs.

(Dukes C colorectal cancer, NCI Dictionary)