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English
Adjective
ossifluent (not comparable)
- 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.
French
Adjective
ossifluent (feminine ossifluente, masculine plural ossifluents, feminine plural ossifluentes)
- ossifluent
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