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hepatizing

hepatizing is the present participle and gerund 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 hepatizing

What is hepatizing the present participle and gerund of?
Hepatizing is the present participle and gerund of hepatize.

Words near hepatizing in the dictionary

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

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