Definition of Opacification

1. Noun. The process of becoming cloudy or opaque.

Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Derivative terms: Opacify

Definition of Opacification

1. Noun. The action of making something opaque or cloudy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Opacification

1. 1. The process of making opaque. 2. The formation of opacities. Origin: L. Opacus, shady (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opacification

oozy
op
op-amp
op-amps
op-ed
op-eds
op.
op art
op shop
op shops
opa
opacate
opacated
opacates
opacating
opacification (current term)
opacifications
opacified
opacifier
opacifiers
opacifies
opacify
opacifying
opacities
opacity
opacous
opacular
opah
opahs
opake

Literary usage of Opacification

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"The terms used to describe the progressive stages of opacification are early ... Cortical opacification progresses relatively rapidly and is caused by ..."

2. Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat, and Nose: A Manual for Students and by Frank Ebenezer Miller (1892)
"Some residue of the opacity is almost always left. and. in the cases where dense opacification includes the whole cornea, vision is permanently much ..."

3. A Treatise on "unripe" Cataract by William A. M'Keown (1898)
"It is certain that the lens could be more perfectly extracted early than after a slow and partial opacification has taken place, with proliferation of the ..."

4. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1915)
"I believe ultimate complete opacification of the lens. DISCUSSION. DR. SAMUEL THEOBALD, Baltimore: A case somewhat similar to this occurred in my practice ..."

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