HEPATIZATION

Noun

hepatization (countable and uncountable, plural hepatizations)

(medicine) The conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.

Source: Wiktionary


Hep`a*ti*za"tion, n.

1. (Chem.)

Definition: Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]

2. Etym: [Cf. F. hépatisation.] (Med.)

Definition: Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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