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puriform
[ pyoor-uh-fawrm ]
adjective
- resembling pus; purulent.
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
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.
These sometimes soften and break down into a puriform liquid, which may sometimes cause peritonitis by rupture into the peritoneal cavity.
In other cases the substance of the glands softens, with the formation of a puriform liquid.
Less commonly are found hemorrhagic infarctions, or small embolic patches advanced to various stages of disintegration, even to the formation of small puriform collections.
Mucus and puriform secretions gather and dry about the mucous outlets.
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