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Definition of Rarefying
1. rarefy [v] - See also: rarefy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rarefying
Literary usage of Rarefying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1901)
"According to Hajek, " rarefying osteitis is always the result of a long-continued
deep inflammation of the mucous membrane and the medullary spaces whereby ..."
2. A Manual of Pathological Histology by Victor Cornil, Louis Antoine Ranvier (1880)
"A simple osteitis terminating in recovery, is at the beginning a rarefying but
subsequently becomes a condensing osteitis. Therefore we have no more reason ..."
3. A Manual of pathology by Joseph Coats (1883)
"This subject may be conveniently considered here, especially in connection with
rarefying osteitis. "We have seen that in this latter condition the bone is ..."
4. Elements of Chemical Physics by Josiah Parsons Cooke (1886)
"Machines for rarefying and Condensing Air. (175.) The Air-Pump. — One of the
simplest forms of the air-pump is represented in Fig. 300. ..."
5. Elements of Chemical Physics by Josiah Parsons Cooke (1877)
"Machines for rarefying and Condensing Air. (175.) The Air-Pump. — One of the
simplest forms of the air-pump is represented in Fig. 300. ..."
6. Elements of Chemical Physics by Josiah Parsons Cooke (1873)
"Machines for rarefying and Condensing Air. (175.) The Air-Pump. — One of the
simplest forms of the air-pump is represented in Fig. 300. ..."
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