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Webster 1913 Edition


Colliquation

Colˊli-qua′tion

,
Noun.
1.
A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.
When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the
colliquation
, that sort of concretion we call “glass”.
Boyle.
2.
(Med.)
A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Colliquation

COLLIQUATION

,
Noun.
1.
The act of melting.
2.
A dissolving, flowing or wasting; applied to the blood, when it does not readily coagulate, and to the solid parts, when they waste away by excessive secretion, occasioning fluxes and profuse, clammy sweats.

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colliquation

colliquation

English

Noun

colliquation (plural colliquations)

  1. The act of becoming liquid; melting.
  2. (medicine) The wasting-away of parts of the body; consumption.

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