单词 | putriform |
释义 | putriformadj. rare. Of putrid nature or appearance.In quot. 1764 apparently an error for puriform adj. ΚΠ 1764 tr. T. de Bordeu Inq. Varieties Pulse xx. 198 The spittle becomes in fact putriform [Fr. puriformes], and the patient falls soon after into a slow fever. 1872 L. P. Meredith Teeth (1878) 72 It is also subject to other changes which render it liable to putrefy with rapidity. This is noticed in bilious, albuminous and putriform saliva. 1975 Neurochirurgia 18 207 Necropsy revealed the fibrous capsule of an abscess in the hypophyseal region and putriform tissue at the level of the hypothalamus. 1983 Art & Artists June 4/1 Trivia like..Cardiff's putative (putriform?) Rubens Cartoons will slip through the holes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1764 |
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