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puriform
[ pyoor-uh-fawrm ]
adjective
- resembling pus; purulent.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
In other cases the substance of the glands softens, with the formation of a puriform liquid.
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 one instance we noticed a peculiarly fetid puriform discharge from the anus, which occurred during the relapse and persisted for several weeks, gradually subsiding, as though from some unhealthy ulceration which slowly healed.
In another remarkable instance, already referred to on account of the suppurative inflammation of one masseter muscle, the lungs, which were stained yellow throughout, presented numerous deep purplish patches, which on section altogether resembled the secondary metastatic deposits of py�mia, with yellowish softening or even puriform centres surrounded by a rim of purplish livid discoloration.
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