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Webster 1913 Edition
Depuration
Depˊu-ra′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
dépuration
.] The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound.
Webster 1828 Edition
Depuration
DEPURATION
, n.1.
The act of purifying or freeing fluids from heterogeneous matter. This is done by decantation, when the feculent matter is deposited on the bottom of the vessel; or by despumation, effected by boiling or fermentation, and skimming; or by filtration; or by fining or clarification.2.
The cleansing of a wound from impure matter.