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.

 

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