• (n.) 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. • (n.) Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas.
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(hep″ә-tĭ-za´shәn) consolidation of tissue into a liverlike mass, especially as occurs in the lung in lobar pneumonia. The early stage, in which the pulmonary exudate is blood stained, is called red hepatization. The later stage, in which the red blood cells disintegrate and a fibrinosuppurative exudate...
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Hep`a·ti·za'tion noun 1. (Chemistry) Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [ Obsolete]
2. [ Confer French
hépatisation .]
(Medicine) Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no l...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: hep′ă-ti-zā′shŭn Definitions: 1. 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.
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