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Webster 1913 Edition
Hepatization
Hepˊa-ti-za′tion
,Noun.
1.
(Chem.)
Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas.
[Obs.]
2.
[Cf. F.
hépatisation
.] (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.
