puriform, a. Path.
(ˈpjʊərɪfɔːm)
[f. L. pūs, pūr-, pus + -iform; cf. F. puriforme.]
Having the form or character of pus; resembling pus.
| 1797 Monthly Mag. III. 153 Puriform effusion and exudation take place. 1822–34 Good's Study Med. I. 203 Muco-gelatinous matter, which..resembled thick milk or a puriform fluid. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 466 Vesications..whose contents may become sanguineous or puriform. |