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The cystic spaces of the tumour contain a brownish glairy fluid.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
They leave a glairy trail everywhere they go.
From The Romantic by May Sinclair
They contain a thick glairy fluid, which differs from saliva in containing a considerable quantity of mucin and albumin, while it is free from any amylolytic ferment or sulpho-cyanide of potassium.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
The edges are raised and indurated; and the discharge is thick, glairy, and peculiarly offensive.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
They are of a bluish colour, and contain a glairy fluid.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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