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Definition of Glairy
1. a. Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy.
Definition of Glairy
1. Adjective. Slimy. Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent. ¹
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Definition of Glairy
1. resembling egg white [adj GLAIRIER, GLAIRIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glairy
Literary usage of Glairy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery including the diseases of by Pierre Cazeaux (1878)
"OF THE glairy DISCHARGES. \\"e have already learned that an abundant secretion
takes place in the vagina during the latter periods of gestation ; but when ..."
2. An Essay on Hydrocephalus Acutus, Or Dropsy in the Brain by John Cheyne (1808)
"17th\—His bowels are loose, the stools frequent and more natural, without any
admixture of glairy matter. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1856)
"In the liquid state, it is a thick glairy fluid, constituting the principal part
of the white of egg. In the solid state, it is contained in several of the ..."
4. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1844)
"Having punctured it with a grooved needle, and let out some yellowish glairy
fluid, I passed a curved needle, armed with strong silk, through the cyst, ..."
5. Theory and Practice of Obstetrics Including Diseases of Pregnancy and by Pierre Cazeaux, Stéphane Tarnier (1889)
"OF THE glairy DISCHARGES. ^e have already learned that an abundant secretion
takes place in the vagina during the latter periods of gestation ; but when the ..."
6. Intestinal Auto-intoxication by Adolphe Combe, Albert Fournier, William Gaynor States (1908)
"condition is accompanied by symptoms of digestive autointoxication. Chronic glairy
and Muco-membranous Enteritis We have ..."
7. Lectures on the science of human life by Sylvester Graham (1849)
"And while the process of mastication is going on, the mucous membrane of the
mouth secretes its glairy and lubricating fluid ..."
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