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Definition of Butyrous
1. a. Butyraceous.
Definition of Butyrous
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing butter, buttery ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Butyrous
1. resembling butter [adj]
Medical Definition of Butyrous
1. Denoting a tissue or bacterial growth of butter-like consistency. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Butyrous
Literary usage of Butyrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Breast and Mammary Region by Alfred Velpeau (1856)
"The most difficult thing, without doubt, is to distinguish, at first sight,
butyrous tumours of some standing from any other tumour of the breast. ..."
2. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"Potato, growth moderate, spreading, flat, no odor, butyrous, color of medium
unchanged. Gelatin stab, growth best at top, ..."
3. The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq.: Abridged by Robert Boyle (1725)
"... below the butyrous part, appear'd of a red colour. 'Jan. i. In the receiver
which held the lark, the height of the mercury was ten inches. Jan. 4. ..."
4. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"•ided, resembling ............ • • ..... 'my, butyrous, viscid, membranous, 'tie
browned, reddened, blued, greened. serum. „ scanty, moderate, abundant. ..."
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