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Definition of grume in English: grumenoun ɡruːm Medicine archaic A blood clot. Example sentencesExamples - Three days afterwards we observed at the extremity of the artery, a grume which plugged up its orifice.
- When this vessel was opened longitudinally, we observed that the grume was formed into a cone whose base was at the end of the divided artery.
- These often burst, discharging a grume in the parent cell.
- The middle, or body, of the grume was somewhat redder than the extremities.
- Out rushed a large quantity of grumes, mixed with fluid blood.
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin grumus ‘little heap’. |