a. [Contracted ad. mod.L. type *liquidiformis, f. liquid-um LIQUID sb.: see -FORM.] Having the form or appearance of a liquid. Liquiform melanosis, ‘a name given by Dr. Carswell to the product of the disintegration of melanotic tumours which are sometimes found in serous cavities’ (Syd. Soc. Lex., 1889).
1805. T. Weaver, trans. Werner’s Treat. External Char. Fossils, 204. Native-Quicksilver, which is found in globules, and liquiform.
1833. Carswell, Pathol. Anat., Melanoma, 3. Liquiform Melanosis.
