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Definition of Effloresce

1. Verb. Come into or as if into flower. "These manifestations effloresced in the past"

2. Verb. Assume crystalline form; become crystallized.

3. Verb. Become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation.

Definition of Effloresce

1. v. i. To blossom forth.

Definition of Effloresce

1. Verb. (intransitive) To burst into bloom; to flower. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive chemistry) To change from being crystalline to being powdery by losing water of crystallization. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To become covered with powder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Effloresce

1. [v -RESCED, -RESCING, -RESCES]

Medical Definition of Effloresce

1. 1. To blossom forth. 2. To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, especially. From the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce. 3. To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere. Origin: L. Efflorescere to bloom, blossom; ex + florescere to begin to blossom, incho, fr. Florere to blossom, fr. Flos a flower. See Flower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Effloresce

effigiates effigiating effigiation effigiations effigies effigy effigylike effing and blinding efflagitate efflate

efflation efflations effleurage effleurages effloresce (current term) effloresced efflorescence efflorescences efflorescencies efflorescency

efflorescent effloresces efflorescing efflower effluence effluences effluencies effluency effluent

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