HEPATIZES

Verb

hepatizes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hepatize

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


HEPATIZE

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



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