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Hepatization — is 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.Further reading* [http://books.google.com/books?id=C1aRv0SoaQEC pg=PA174 lpg=PA174… … Wikipedia
Hepatization — Hep a*ti*za tion, n. 1. (Chem.) Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. [Cf. F. h[ e]patisation.] (Med.) Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hepatization — (Amer.) n. impregnation with sulfureted hydrogen gas; (Medicine) consolidation into a substance which resembles liver (also hepatisation) … English contemporary dictionary
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 … Wiktionary
hepatization — Conversion of a loose tissue into a firm mass like the substance of the liver macroscopically, denoting especially such a change in the lungs in the consolidation of pneumonia. gray h. the second stage of h. in pneumonia, when the … Medical dictionary
hepatization — hep·a·ti·za·tion … English syllables
hepatization — ˌhepəd.ə̇ˈzāshən, pəˌtīˈz noun ( s) Etymology: hepat + ization : conversion of tissue (as of the lungs in pneumonia) into a substance resembling liver tissue in which the affected tissue may become solidified … Useful english dictionary
yellow hepatization — hepatization in which lung tissue is yellowish from a purulent exudate … Medical dictionary
gray hepatization — a usually late stage of hepatization in which the affected lung tissue is grayish … Medical dictionary
red hepatization — a usually early stage of hepatization in which the solidified lung tissue is red from excess of blood … Medical dictionary
