The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lardaceous
Lardaceous \Lar*da"ceous\, a. [Cf. F. lardac['e].] Consisting of, or resembling, lard. [1913 Webster] Lardaceous degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration.
Wiktionary
lardaceous
a. Resembling lard.
Usage examples of "lardaceous".
Macgowan mentions that the child looked like wax, as though continually fed on lardaceous substances.
If, however, from these cases we deduct those suffering with leukocythemia and lardaceous spleen, in which the operation should not be performed, the mortality in the remaining 85 cases is reduced to 33 per cent.