grumous

[groo-muh s]

adjective

Also gru·mose

[groo-mohs] /ˈgru moʊs/. Botany. formed of clustered grains or granules.

having or resembling grume; clotted.

Origin of grumous

1655–65; < Latin grūm(us) (see grume) + -ous

Related formsgru·mous·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for grumous

Historical Examples of grumous

After distillation the digitalin remains as a grumous crystalline mass, now only contaminated with the coloured oil.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
About two ounces of discoloured pus were evacuated, together with a considerable quantity of grumous blood.
On the origin of inflammation of the veins
Henry Lee
The ventricles were filled with water, and the plexus choroides was considerably enlarged, and stuffed with grumous blood.
An Essay on the Shaking Palsy
James Parkinson
It had the appearance of brownish, grumous blood, and was attended with obscure abdominal pains.
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers
Various
Blood and mucus may be seen in them, being slimy or grumous and bloody.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various

British Dictionary definitions for grumous

grumous

grumose (ˈɡruːməʊs)

adjective

(esp of plant parts) consisting of granular tissue

Word Origin for grumous

C17: from grume a clot of blood, from Latin grumus a little heap; related to crumb

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Medicine definitions for grumous

grumous

[grōō′məs]

adj.

Thick and lumpy, as clotting blood.