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hepatization|hɛpətaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. hepatize.]
†1. Chem. Impregnation with sulphuretted hydrogen. (See hepatic 5.) Obs.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 455 These [expedients] were Torrefaction, Sulphurization, Hepatization.
2. Path. Consolidation of the lung tissue, so that it becomes solid and friable somewhat like liver, being first of a red and afterwards of a grey colour. Applied also to the state of any texture which has been converted into a liver-like substance (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1854).
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 130 In the second stage [of Pneumonia] or that of hepatisation, the crepitous feel is entirely lost. 1862H. W. Fuller Dis. Lungs 249 The third [stage] that of grey hepatization, or diffused suppuration of the pulmonary tissue. 1866A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 161 In the second stage, usually called the stage of red hepatization..The solidified lung is of a brownish-red color, non-crepitant, and presents an appearance not unlike that of the liver, whence the name hepatization. |