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View synonyms for lardaceous

lardaceous

[ lahr-dey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. lardlike; fatty.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lardaceous1

First recorded in 1815–25; lard + -aceous

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Example Sentences

Usually there is a single flat, round ulcer, its edges somewhat infiltrated, its bed covered with a yellow lardaceous substance.

Lardaceous (amyloid or waxy) degeneration of the intestinal mucous membrane is met with in chronic catarrh.

There are, then, no specific symptoms following lardaceous degeneration of the bowels.

That the intestines are comparatively frequently involved in lardaceous disease is shown by dead-house statistics.

Presumably, in a large proportion of these lardaceous disease of the bowel was present.

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