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incrassation|ɪnkræˈseɪʃən|
[n. of action f. L. incrassāre: see incrassate v.]
1. The action of incrassating, or condition of being incrassated; thickening, condensation.
1633Hart Diet of Diseased i. xiv. 48 Lettice..too much thickneth the blood, and..breeds an incrassation in the opticke spirits. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. ix. 31 Ice becomes fixed by Incrassation. 1786T. Arnold Observ. Insanity II. 76 Induration, incrassation and partial ossification of one or both membranes of the brain. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 247 This incrassation is traced chiefly in the colon.
b. concr. A thickened growth or formation.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 302 The rectum..was..so indurated as to render it difficult to say whether the incrassation should be called flesh or cartilage.
†2. Phonetic ‘thickening’; applied by Wilkins to aspiration. Obs.
1668Wilkins Real Char. 367 (F)..seems to be such an incrassation of the Letter (P) as (V) is of (B). 'Tis answerable to the Greek (ϕ). |