puriform
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of puriform
Example Sentences
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If it is more extensive, the whole of the glands may break down into this puriform liquid, which, when the patient recovers, undergoes caseous and finally calcareous degeneration.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
He had humid asthma with incessant cough, which ended by causing him to eject thick yellow and puriform mucus.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
After a time a considerable discharge takes place—thin, watery, and highly offensive, changing gradually to a thicker puriform matter, which rapidly destroys the horn of the frog.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
These changes begin in the centre of the clots, which often contain true pus or a greenish or puriform fluid.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Less commonly are found hemorrhagic infarctions, or small embolic patches advanced to various stages of disintegration, even to the formation of small puriform collections.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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