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flocculency

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floc⋅cu⋅lent

[flok-yuh-luhnt]
–adjective
1. like a clump or tuft of wool.
2. covered with a soft, woolly substance.
3. consisting of or containing loose woolly masses.
4. flocky.
5. Chemistry. consisting of flocs and floccules.

Origin:
1790–1800; flocc(us) + -ulent


floc⋅cu⋅lence, floc⋅cu⋅len⋅cy, noun
floc⋅cu⋅lent⋅ly, adverb
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Main Entry: floc·cu·lent
Pronunciation: -y&-l&nt
Function: adjective
: made up of loosely aggregated particles flocculentprecipitate>
Medical Dictionary

flocculent floc·cu·lent (flŏk'yə-lənt)
adj.

  1. Having a fluffy or wooly appearance.

  2. Containing numerous shreds or fluffy particles of grayish or white mucus or other material. Used of a fluid such as urine.

  3. Of or being a fluid bacterial culture in which there are numerous colonies either floating in the fluid medium or loosely deposited at the bottom.

  4. Having a soft waxy or wool-like covering, as of certain insects.


floc'cu·lence n.

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