Sust. and male adj.. Serum: substance that remains liquid by coagulation of the milk, blood, lymph or plant fumes as the rubber latex. Serum is derived from the Latin noun "serum": whey ( 41 cheese remaining. "Serum" is akin to the Greek 'orós, orrós': serum in general, which is would to the Sanskrit «serati»: flows, runs (Webster does s Third New International Dictionary ).? The Chylous adjective derived from the substantive quilo: Milky liquid that results from transmutation and absorption of the food by the intestinal mucosa. Quilo comes from the Greek noun 'chylós': juice.