Hep`a*ti*za"tion (?), n.
1. Chem.
Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas.
[Obs.]
2. [Cf. F. h'epatisation.] Med.
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.
© Webster 1913.