sordes

British  

/ ˈsɔːdiːz /

plural noun

1. med dark incrustations on the lips and teeth of patients with prolonged fever

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Etymology

Origin of sordes

C18: from Latin sordēs filth

Example Sentences

Qu� per ignem � ferro et cupro sordes separantur ac reijciuntur, et ab aliis metallis σκωρία uocantur.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William

Sic � lactea surge, Musa, surge; Surge inter medias serena sordes.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Tu per lympham profluentem, Tu per sanguinem tepentem, In peccata mi redunda, Tolle culpam, sordes munda.

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

Tongue smooth, dry, and excessively red, later brown-coated, and even the teeth coated with sordes.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Illa per has sordes it purior unda; simulque Ille per has lucet purior ignis aquas.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard