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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.Definition 2024
colliquation
colliquation
English
Noun
colliquation (plural colliquations)
- The act of becoming liquid; melting.
- (medicine) The wasting-away of parts of the body; consumption.
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Translations
the act of becoming liquid; melting
in medicine: the wasting-away of parts of the body; consumption