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Definition of Grumous
1. Adjective. Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass. "Grumous blood"
Similar to: Thick
Derivative terms: Grume, Grume
Definition of Grumous
1. a. Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.
Definition of Grumous
1. Adjective. Resembling grume; thick and lumpy; soft and semisolid ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grumous
1. consisting of clustered grains [adj]
Medical Definition of Grumous
1.
1. Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Grumous
Literary usage of Grumous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Botany by Robert John Thornton (1812)
"grumous roots are, Vide PI. 6. 22. Round (globosa) nearly round, ... grumous (grumosa)
or Fascicular, as in the Ranunculus. 29- Knotty (nodosa) having ..."
2. Therapeutic Gazette (1908)
"Upper part was a cyst one and a half inches in diameter containing thick, grumous
fluid. Entire tissues removed weighed fourteen grammes in fresh state. ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1849)
"On turning the body on the face, about an ounce and a half of dark grumous blood
escaped from the nostrils. The trunk and extremities livid, posteriorly, ..."
4. On Intermittent Fever and Other Malarious Diseases by Israel Shipman Pelton Lord (1871)
"There is little chance, however, of preventing abortion after discharges of
grumous blood, and none whatever if the chill recurs. ..."
5. Physiological histology, methods and theory by Gustav Mann (1902)
"This division into two groups made by Fischer is, however, a purely artificial
one, for the grumous and granular characters are not primarily inherent in ..."
6. Manual of Human Histology by Albert Kölliker, George Busk (1853)
"The nerve-pulp itself is rendered grumous by the same reagent; the grumous
particles are sometimes granules, sometimes very short rods, like fat-crystals, ..."
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