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hepatize

/ˈhɛpətaɪz/

hepatize verb: to impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).

Verb

hepatize (third-person singular simple present hepatizes, present participle hepatizing, simple past and past participle hepatized)

  1. (transitive) To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).
    • On the right […] were two wells of hepatized water.1806, Sir John Barrow, Travels into The Interior of Southern Africa
  2. (transitive) To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
  3. (transitive) To convert into a substance resembling liver.

Forms of hepatize

third-person singular presenthepatizes
present participlehepatizing
past participlehepatized
pasthepatized

Origin of hepatize

Ancient Greek [Term?] to be like the liver, to be liver-coloured: compare English hepatite, and (for sense 2) French hépatiser.

Questions about hepatize

What does hepatize mean?
Hepatize means to impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).
What part of speech is hepatize?
Hepatize is a verb.
How do you pronounce hepatize?
Hepatize is pronounced /ˈhɛpətaɪz/.
What is the past tense of hepatize?
The past tense of hepatize is hepatized.

Words near hepatize in the dictionary

  1. hepatitis X
  2. hepatitises
  3. hepatititis
  4. hepatization
  5. hepatizations
  6. hepatize
  7. hepatized
  8. hepatizes
  9. hepatizing
  10. hepatizon
  11. hepato-

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