2. [Cf. F. h['e]patisation.] (Med.) 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Hepatization — is 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.Further reading* [http://books.google.com/books?id=C1aRv0SoaQEC pg=PA174 lpg=PA174… … Wikipedia
hepatization — (Amer.) n. impregnation with sulfureted hydrogen gas; (Medicine) consolidation into a substance which resembles liver (also hepatisation) … English contemporary dictionary
hepatization — n. the conversion of lung tissue, which normally holds air, into a solid liver like mass during the course of acute lobar pneumonia. In the early stages of lobar pneumonia, the lungs show red hepatization due to the presence of red and white… … The new mediacal dictionary
hepatization — noun The 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 … Wiktionary
hepatization — 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. gray h. the second stage of h. in pneumonia, when the … Medical dictionary
hepatization — hep·a·ti·za·tion … English syllables
hepatization — ˌhepəd.ə̇ˈzāshən, pəˌtīˈz noun ( s) Etymology: hepat + ization : conversion of tissue (as of the lungs in pneumonia) into a substance resembling liver tissue in which the affected tissue may become solidified … Useful english dictionary
yellow hepatization — hepatization in which lung tissue is yellowish from a purulent exudate … Medical dictionary
gray hepatization — a usually late stage of hepatization in which the affected lung tissue is grayish … Medical dictionary
red hepatization — a usually early stage of hepatization in which the solidified lung tissue is red from excess of blood … Medical dictionary
