sordes /sor·des/ (sor´dēz) debris, especially the encrustations of food, epithelial matter, and bacteria that collect on the lips and teeth during a prolonged fever.
sordes
sordes (sôr´dēz),
sordes gas´tricae undigested food, mucus, etc., in the stomach.
sor·des (sôr d z)n. A dark brown or blackish crustlike deposit on the lips, teeth, and gums of a person with dehydration resulting from a chronic debilitating disease. |
sordes
[sôr′dēz] pl. sordes
Etymology: L, sordere, to be dirty
dirt or debris, especially the crusts consisting of food, microorganisms, and epithelial cells that accumulate on teeth and lips during a febrile illness or one in which the patient takes nothing by mouth. Sordes gastricae is undigested food and mucus in the stomach.
sordes (sôr´dēz),
n an unclean material consisting of food particles, debris, skin, and microorganisms that forms a crust and gathers on the oral mucosa, lips, and teeth of a feverish or dehydrated individual with a chronic incapacitating condition.
sordes
foul matter collected on the lips and teeth in low fevers, consisting of food, microorganisms and epithelial elements.
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