apostematous

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• Apostematous — Ap os*tem a*tous, a. Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• apostematous — adjective Of or pertaining to an aposteme; having the nature of an aposteme; characterised by apostemes. But I suspect they are rarely applicable to any other than the apostematous phthisis. Patients labouring under severe apostematous… …   Wiktionary

• apostematous cheilitis — see c. glandularis …   Medical dictionary

• apostemate — verb To become an aposteme; to pustulate. and afterwards the Breaſt ſwelled, and ſeemed to apoſtemate. See Also: apostematous …   Wiktionary

• cheilitis glandularis — a rare disease in which the lower lip becomes enlarged and later everted, exposing inflamed and dilated openings of accessory salivary glands; the glands themselves are enlarged and sometimes nodular. It may be associated with carcinoma of the… …   Medical dictionary