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hepatized

hepatized is the simple past and past participle of hepatize.

Meaning of hepatize

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.

Questions about hepatized

What is hepatized the simple past and past participle of?
Hepatized is the simple past and past participle of hepatize.

Words near hepatized in the dictionary

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

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