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Definition of Saburra
1. Noun. (pathology) Foul granular matter deposited in the alimentary canal by the decomposition of food ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saburra
1. a granular deposit [n -S]
Medical Definition of Saburra
1. 1. Foulness of the stomach or mouth resulting from decomposed food. Synonym: sordes. Origin: L. Sand (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saburra
Literary usage of Saburra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied Sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"... a. relating to saburra or Safran-leber, /. liver rendered dish-yellow by
accumulated bile- pigments sordes ..."
2. A Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the Principal by Alexander Mansfield Burrill (1860)
"... qv] In old records. A gravel- pit, or the free use of it. Cowell. saburra. L.
Lat. In old maritime law. Ballast. ..."
3. Acta Soc. Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica by Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica (1908)
"Gamla Karleby in saburra, ... et Brenner in dupl.!; Toppila [in saburra]: Brenn,
herb.; ... Obs.; in saburra et locis cultis r Kemi ad oppidum, ..."
4. The History of Rome by Theodor Mommsen (1908)
"Curio, who from his lively temperament had only with great reluctance made up
his mind to rest, now set out again at once to fight with saburra before he ..."
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