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ferrumination Obs. or arch.|fəˌruːmɪˈneɪʃən|
[ad. L. ferrūminātiōn-em, n. of action f. ferrūmināre; see prec.]
The action of cementing together.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 271 Ferrumination is the joyning together of a fracture in one and the same Metal..by a Mineral flux. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 124 It helps the ferrumination of broken bones.
fig.1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. 10, I mention this by way of elucidating one of the most ordinary processes in the ferrumination of these centos. |