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hepatization

hepatization noun: the 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.

hepatization: the conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused...
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Noun

hepatization (countable and uncountable, plural hepatizations)

  1. The 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.

hepatization meaning in Tamil

hepatization in Tamil

ஈரலாக்கம், ஈரல் உருபெறல், ஈரல் தோற்றம் பெறல்

Forms of hepatization

pluralhepatizations

Questions about hepatization

What does hepatization mean?
Hepatization means the 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.
What is hepatization in Tamil?
Hepatization in Tamil is ஈரலாக்கம், ஈரல் உருபெறல், ஈரல் தோற்றம் பெறல். See Hepatization meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hepatization?
Hepatization is a noun.
What is the plural of hepatization?
The plural of hepatization is hepatizations.

Words near hepatization in the dictionary

  1. hepatitis externa
  2. hepatitis G virus
  3. hepatitis X
  4. hepatitises
  5. hepatititis
  6. hepatization
  7. hepatizations
  8. hepatize
  9. hepatized
  10. hepatizes
  11. hepatizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hepatization (page history and authors); hepatization (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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