hepatize (third-person singular simple present hepatizes, present participle hepatizing, simple past and past participle hepatized)
(transitive) To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).
(transitive) To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
(transitive) To convert into a substance resembling liver.
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Source: Wiktionary
Hep"a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hepatizing.] Etym: [Gr. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. hépatiser.]
1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas. On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water. Barrow.
2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
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