See Also: Porphyritic(medicine)
porphyritic(dictionary)

porphyritic (iou)



porphyritic adjective. LME.
[medieval Latin porphyriticus alt. of Latin porphyreticus, from Latin porphyrites: see PORPHYRITE, -IC.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of porphyry. LME.
Petrography. Of (the texture of) a rock: containing distinct crystals or crystalline particles embedded in a compact groundmass. L18.
porphyritically adverb (Petrography) L19.