HEPATIZATION
\hˌɛpɐta͡ɪzˈe͡ɪʃən], \hˌɛpɐtaɪzˈeɪʃən], \h_ˌɛ_p_ɐ_t_aɪ_z_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Sort: Oldest first
By William R. Warner
-
Conversion into a liverlike substance. Applied to the lungs when gorged with effused matters, so that they are no longer pervious to the air- Hepatisatio pulmonum, Caruificatio pulmonum. In such state, they are said to be hepatized.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).