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Definition: Hepatizing
Hepatize
\Hep"a*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Hepatized; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Hepatizing.] [Gr. ? to be like the liver, to be
liver-colored, fr. ?, ?, the liver: cf. E. hepatite, and (for
sense 2) F. h['e]patiser.]
1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly
called hepatic gas.
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On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized
water. --Barrow.
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2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
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