friability
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It may be distinguished from the less dangerous tumors by its softness, friability, and great vascularity, bleeding on the slightest touch, as well as by its anatomical structure.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
This causes friability, and facilitates the subsequent comminution.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
It is certainly worth using, providing it does not cost too much for delivery, and can be freely used if the land is heavy and needs friability.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
The ordinary rubber corks and those made of cork-bark should not be used because of their friability, and the possible aspiration of a fragment into the bronchus, where rubber particles form very irritant foreign bodies.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
The shade furnished by the clover also furthers friability.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas
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