levigationn.
/ˌlɛvᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌlɛvəˈɡeɪʃən/ Pharmacology.
The action of levigate v.; ‘the trituration or rubbing down of a substance in a mortar or on a slab, with sufficient moisture to make it soft’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy i, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 133 Then of thy Water make Ayre by Levygacyon.
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 345 Leuigation is the reduction of any hard and ponderous matter by comminution, and diligent collision into fine powder, like Alcool.
1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 11 Either by the Mortar, or by Levigation upon a Marble.
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. x. 246 The most ancient mills were undoubtedly those in which the method of levigation was rudely employed.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks viii. 73 In such crude examinations levigation may occasionally be advantageous.
1885 W. Roberts Urinary & Renal Dis. (ed. 4) ii. iii. 325 They were easily separated from the urine by levigation and decantation.
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