LATERITIOUS

Etymology

Adjective

lateritious (comparative more lateritious, superlative most lateritious)

(medicine) Like bricks; of a reddish brick colour.

Source: Wiktionary


Lat"er*i"tious, a. Etym: [L.lateritius, fr. later a brick.]

Definition: Like bricks; of the color of red bricks. Lateritious sediment (Med.), a sediment in urine resembling brick dust, observed after the crises of fevers, and at the termination of gouty paroxysms. It usually consists of uric acid or urates with some coloring matter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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