lardaceous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lardaceous
Example Sentences
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Macgowan mentions that the child looked like wax, as though continually fed on lardaceous substances.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The sloughs and sores have either a black sanguineous appearance or they are lardaceous and intermixed with streaks of dark red.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
From the homogeneous and translucent appearance of the surface and the increased density of the tissues the resemblance to bacon or wax is suggested, and the terms lardaceous, bacony, or waxy degeneration have been applied.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The alveolar processes thus removed, were enlarged, and of a lardaceous colour, and the fungous growths had the appearance and consistence of indurated albumen.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
This latter, however, must be distinguished from the polyuria due to chronic granular kidney, lardaceous disease of the kidney, and also occurring in certain cases of hysteria.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
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