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Hepatized

Hepatize \Hep"a*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hepatizing.] [Gr. ? to be like the liver, to be liver-colored, fr. ?, ?, the liver: cf. E. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. h['e]patiser.]

  1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.

    On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water.
    --Barrow.

  2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.

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hepatized

vb. (en-past of: hepatize)