Sordes

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 45

(sor'-dez). Filth. Pus or suppuration. Also, any filthy or morbid secretion or deposition, especially the crusts that accumulate on the teeth and lips in low fevers. S. aurium, cerumen. S. capitis. See Scabies capitis. S., Dental, the collection of matter found upon the teeth in some diseases.