ossifluent

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adjective

Breaking down and softening bony tissue.

“an ossifluent abscess”

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Meanings

adjectiveossifluent (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBreaking down and softening bony tissue.

    an ossifluent abscess

    2 more examples

    You have certainly seen those vast abscesses which are consecutive to Pott's disease of the spine; these are perfect types of ossifluent abscesses.

    1888 February 25, “Ossifluent abcess; osteitis of the pelvis”, in The Medical and Surgical Reporter

    Invasion of the paravertebral or intraspinal spaces takes place late, that is, in the ossifluent stage of osteohydatidosis.

    1964, Journal of Neurosurgery, volume 21, page 655
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