xysma

xysma

 [zis´mah]

material resembling bits of membrane in stools of diarrhea.

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xys·ma

(ziz'mă),

Membranous shreds in the feces.

[G. filings, shavings, fr. xyō, to scrape]

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xysma

Membranous debris present in the faeces, the nature of which is uncertain; it is not used in the working medical parlance.

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xys·ma

(zis'mă)

Membranous shreds in the feces.

[G. filings, shavings, fr. xyō, to scrape]

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