ossifluent

English

Adjective

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.

Related terms

• osseous

French

Adjective

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

1. ossifluent

Further reading

• “ossifluent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.