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Re: Word of the day; "grumous".

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Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> posted:

> 
> This, and the related noun grume, are doctors’ (and in particular
> pathologists’) jargon for a blood clot or any viscous fluid or mass of fluid. 
> but being aware of its existence in English may be helpful for those
> non-doctors who are familiar with French le grumeau (lump, clot) or Italian
> il grumo (clot (whether milk or blood)).
> 
> It’s an unremarkable borrowing from late Latin, OED describes [ad. late L. 
> grumus little heap, hillock;]. I can’t find any convincing further etymology
> beyond that.
> 


https://www.oed.com/dictionary/grumous_adj


https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grumous

             Anagrams:    sour gum,   sourgum



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  Now  I prefer to post from this site
    https://newsgrouper.org/rec.puzzles
because it's faster, but this Msg is not showing up there.

 
      My bad... i was looking in the wrong NG

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Word of the day; "grumous". Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-06-30 21:45 +0100
  Re: Word of the day; "grumous". HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-07-01 03:31 +0000
  Re: Word of the day; "grumous". Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2025-07-01 19:29 +0000
    Re: Word of the day; "grumous". Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-07-02 06:58 +0100
  Re: Word of the day; "grumous". DDeden <user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-12 03:48 +0000

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