serous membrane

Questions about serous membrane

What does serous membrane mean?

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

What is another word for serous membrane?

Close synonyms include serosa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is serous membrane a common word?

serous membrane is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.