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biocon commented on the word spissid
spissid = thick (fluid) — Oxford English Dictionary
June 23, 2011
mollusque commented on the word spissid
. . . numerous investigations have convinced me that the smallest streamlets, if devoid of proper membranous parietes, have, even in the glandular organs, a kind of boundary, furnished by a thick or more spissid substance than the blood.
--E. Geddings, 1837, review and translation of Johannes Mueller on the secernent glands, American Journal of the Medical Sciences 19: 430
July 10, 2011
mollusque commented on the word spissid
This constant Distention of the uterine lacteals, proceeds from the great Quantity of spissid Chyle, or the Coarctation, Obstruction, and Compression of the Colatoria, whereby they retain too long their Contents.
--Jean Astruc, 1743, A Treatise on all the Diseases Incident to women, p. 101
July 10, 2011
mollusque commented on the word spissid
The quotations below are the earliest and latest currently in Google Books; the earlier one antedates the OED's sole example, which is from 1782.
July 10, 2011
biocon commented on the word spissid
Excellent review of the use of "spissid," mollusque.
May 2, 2016
biocon commented on the word spissid
See spiss.
November 11, 2018