| lateritious | Like bricks; of the colour of red bricks. <medicine> Lateritious sediment, 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 colouring matter. Origin: L.lateritius, fr. Later a brick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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