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ˈpotentize, v.
[f. L. potent-em powerful + -ize, after G. potenzi(e)ren to potentiate.]
trans. To make potent; spec. to develop the power of (a medicine) by trituration or succussion; = dynamize. Hence ˈpotentized ppl. a. Also ˌpotentiˈzation, dilution of a drug in order to increase its power or efficacy.
1850C. J. Hempel New Homœopathic Pharmacopœia i. 10 By the former, these successive developments of the original substance are called dynamizations, or potentizations; by the latter, attentuations. 1857Dunglison Med. Dict. s.v. Dynamic, By certain processes, called, in the aggregate, dynamization and potentizing, the dynamic powers of a medicine may be set free and developed—as by shaking the bottle in which the article is contained. 1864Trans. Homœopathic Med. Soc. N.Y. 56 The administration of potentized remedies. 1881J. G. Glover in Encycl. Brit. XII. 127/1 The most characteristic feature of Hahnemann's practice—the ‘potentizing’, ‘dynamizing’, of medicinal substances. 1892E. Haughton in Echo 1 Sept. 2/5 Some brand-new microbe, alive and kicking, is to be duly distilled and potentised, until a single drop of his juice, squirted under the skin of your back, will enable you to defy the foul fiend now, henceforth, and for ever. 1938D. Shepherd Magic of Minimum Dose 7 The first law is the law of simillimum, which is followed by (2) the principle of the minimum dose, (3) the principle of potentization. 1972D. V. Tansley Radionics viii. 80 To augment the violet one may add an ampoule of potentized onyx to the treatment. 1974Homoeopathy June/July 87 Symptoms were noted when the drug was given in material and potentised doses. Ibid. 88 As the substance becomes more dilute with succeeding potentisations it becomes soluble. |