ossifluentとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

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.