ossifluent

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English

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Adjective

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ossifluent (not comparable)

  1. Breaking down and softening bony tissue.
    an ossifluent abscess
    • 1888 February 25, “Ossifluent abcess; osteitis of the pelvis”, in The Medical and Surgical Reporter:
      You have certainly seen those vast abscesses which are consecutive to Pott's disease of the spine; these are perfect types of ossifluent abscesses.
    • 1964, Journal of Neurosurgery, volume 21, page 655:
      Invasion of the paravertebral or intraspinal spaces takes place late, that is, in the ossifluent stage of osteohydatidosis.
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French

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Adjective

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ossifluent (feminine ossifluente, masculine plural ossifluents, feminine plural ossifluentes)

  1. ossifluent

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