sordes

/ (ˈsɔːdiːz) /

pl n

med dark incrustations on the lips and teeth of patients with prolonged fever

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Word Origin for sordes

C18: from Latin sordēs filth

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Examples from the Web for sordes

Again, the tongue may be covered with brown crusts and the teeth with sordes.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
Sordes collect about the teeth and lips, and the surface exhales a peculiar odor.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
His tongue becomes dry, hard, and fissured; sordes collect upon the teeth and lips, bloody crusts about the nostrils.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
The lips and teeth are in bad cases encrusted with sordes, and the former are dry and cracked, and bleed readily when picked.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various

These brown crusts and sordes are usually seen in advanced cases, following the first condition described.
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Medicine definitions for sordes

sordes

[ sôr′dēz ]

n.

A dark brown or blackish crustlike deposit on the lips, teeth, and gums of a person with dehydration resulting from a chronic debilitating disease.