Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of carnifying; in pathology, a state of certain organs in which the tissue becomes changed so as to resemble that of fleshy parts. In the lungs it is equivalent either to the condition seen in atelectasis or to hepatization.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or process of turning to
flesh , or to a substance resembling flesh.
Etymologies
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Compare French carnification.
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