ENDUIT
\ɛndjˈuːɪt], \ɛndjˈuːɪt], \ɛ_n_d_j_ˈuː_ɪ_t]\
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This term is often applied to a layer of greater or less thickness which covers the surface of certain organs, and particularly of the tongue and the interior of the mouth. The enduit is designated variously, according to its appearanee,-enduit bilieux, jaune, blane; &c.- a bilious, yellow, white coat or fur, he. It is at times owing to the evaporation of the watery portions of the secretions; at others, to a morbid condition of the secretions: -geneÂrally, to both causes combined. The tongue, in such a condition, is said to be coated or furred; sometimes, loaded.
By Robley Dunglison
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