To avoid entering a false passage previously created, is often exceedingly difficult, and usually it is better to wait for obliterative adhesive inflammation to seal the tissue layers together.
Plication of the walls of the sac by catgut sutures, as in the Matas obliterative operation for aneurysm.
But when he informs us that obliterative colouring is a "universal attribute of animal life," we feel sorely tempted to poke fun at him.
We would ask all those who believe in the universality of obliterative colouring to observe a flock of rooks wending their way to their dormitories at sunset.
Obliterative Colouring It is possible, says Mr Thayer, to almost obliterate a statue in a diffused light, by putting white paint on the surfaces in darkest shadow and dark paint on the most brightly lighted parts, all in due proportion.
There is doubtless something in this theory of obliterative colouration.
It is frequently adorned on the outside with lichens and other substances tending toward obliterative coloration.
One who will observe the habits of our Angle-wings and other butterflies which have obliterative coloring of the under wing surface can easily learn that these insects select rather carefully the places where they alight.
We here find some of the most interesting examples of obliterative coloring that occur in nature.
The under surface, so far as it is exposed when the butterfly is at rest, is a beautiful marbled combination of gray and brown which is probably distinctly obliterative in the haunts of these insects.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "obliterative" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
