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Definition of Inspissation
1. Noun. The process of thickening by dehydration.
2. Noun. The act of thickening.
Generic synonyms: Condensation, Condensing
Derivative terms: Inspissate, Inspissate, Inspissate, Thicken, Thicken
Definition of Inspissation
1. n. The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.
Definition of Inspissation
1. Noun. The act of thickening. The process by which something is inspissated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inspissation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Inspissation
1. 1. The act of thickening or condensing, as by evaporation or absorption of fluid. 2. An increased thickening or diminished fluidity. Origin: L. In, intensive, + spisso, pp. -atus, to thicken (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inspissation
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Literary usage of Inspissation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1828)
"them. According to Henry, some of them detonate with chlorates, and take fire in
chlorine. On the inspissation of Oils, by Exposure to the Mr. The ..."
2. Cellular pathology: As Based Upon Physiological and Pathological Histology by Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow, Frank Chance (1860)
"Physiological re- absorption of pus ; incomplete (inspissation, cheesy transformation),
and complete (fatty metamorphosis, or milky transformation). ..."
3. The Techno-chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts by William Theodore Brannt, William Henry Wahl (1886)
"inspissation for Red. Boil thoroughly 13 pounds of wheat starch, ... Eight and
three-fourth pounds of alizarine, 2 gallons of inspissation (see above), ..."
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