COLLIQUATIONS

Noun

colliquations

plural of colliquation

Source: Wiktionary


COLLIQUATION

Col`li*qua"tion, n.

1. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion. When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the colliquation, that sort of concretion we call "glass". Boyle.

2. (Med.)

Definition: A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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