(medicine) The conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.

plural of hepatization

plural of hepatic

simple past tense and past participle of hepatize

(transitive) To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas). / (transitive) To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.

present participle of hepatize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hepatize

(pathology) The symptoms of liver disease.

Alternative form of hepatic

Alternative form of hepato- (before a vowel)