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crassamenta

crassamenta is the plural of crassamentum.

Meaning of crassamentum

Noun

crassamentum (plural crassamenta)

  1. (obsolete) The solid component of blood, blood from which serum has been removed; a mass of coagulated blood; a blood clot.
    • Though air is excluded from venous blood the instant it is drawn, as by receiving it in fresh white of egg, milk or serum, in which it immediately sinks, nevertheless on coagulation the surface of the crassamentum will be of a comparatively light florid hue.1830, John Davy, Observations to endeavour to ascertain if Dead Animal Matter absorbs Air on exposure to the atmosphere: The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 34, page 247

Questions about crassamenta

What is crassamenta the plural of?
Crassamenta is the plural of crassamentum.

Words near crassamenta in the dictionary

  1. craspedophytes
  2. craspedotal
  3. craspedote
  4. crass
  5. crassament
  6. crassamenta
  7. crassaments
  8. crassamentum
  9. crassatellid
  10. crassatellids
  11. crasser

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