Definition of depuration in English:
depuration
noun dɛpjʊˈreɪʃ(ə)ndɪpjʊəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌdɛpjəˈreɪʃən
mass nountechnical The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
Example sentencesExamples
- The relative contribution of different routes of metal loss to the overall metal loss was also quantitatively assessed during the 7-d depuration period.
- Even with depuration, HAV may persist in oysters for several weeks after exposure.
- Most specimens tolerated freshwater conditions during the overnight depuration interval.
- Retention equations have been developed for humans and may be appropriately applied to model depuration for some other mammals.
- He said they do not think using bacteriophage as an indicator is a good methodology because depuration may not remove viruses.
Derivatives
verb dɪˈpjʊəreɪtˈdɛpjʊreɪtˈdɛpjəreɪt
technical Make or become free of impurities.
with object shellfish had to be depurated
Example sentencesExamples
- no object the oysters are put in cages suspended in water to depurate
- Before going to market, they are put in cages suspended in deeper water to depurate, or clean themselves out, for a few weeks.
- Legal opinion suggests that after 1981 the state had no right to permit pollution to increase - thereby reducing water quality standards to a level where shellfish had to be depurated.
- The longer an oyster is depurated for the more likely it is that it will excrete more particles.
adjective & noun dɪˈpjʊərətɪvˈdɛpjʊrətɪvˈdɛpjəˌreɪdɪv
technical Many of these herbs are what are traditionally known as depuratives or ‘blood purifiers.’
Example sentencesExamples
- Elder, with its depurative and diuretic constituents, helps eliminate toxins in cases of food poisoning.
- The lungs had lost their diffusion and depurative functions, the qi dynamic was not smooth, and there was an accumulation in the qi of the large intestine.
noun ˈdɛpjʊreɪtəˈdɛpjəˌreɪdər
technical The damages are still evident nowadays, even if the first depurators were built twenty years ago and at the same time the rules against pollution came into force.
Example sentencesExamples
- Furthermore, these depurators separate mud, metals and other materials to obtain eco-compatible results.
- But another serious disadvantage of these depurators resides in the great resistance opposed by the little channels of the ceramic body of the depurator to the passage of the exhaust gases.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin depuratio(n-), from the verb depurare, from de- 'completely' + purare 'purify' (from purus 'pure').
Definition of depuration in US English:
depuration
nounˌdɛpjəˈreɪʃənˌdepyəˈrāSHən
technical The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
Example sentencesExamples
- He said they do not think using bacteriophage as an indicator is a good methodology because depuration may not remove viruses.
- Most specimens tolerated freshwater conditions during the overnight depuration interval.
- Retention equations have been developed for humans and may be appropriately applied to model depuration for some other mammals.
- Even with depuration, HAV may persist in oysters for several weeks after exposure.
- The relative contribution of different routes of metal loss to the overall metal loss was also quantitatively assessed during the 7-d depuration period.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin depuratio(n-), from the verb depurare, from de- ‘completely’ + purare ‘purify’ (from purus ‘pure’).