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verb (used with object)
1.
Pharmacology. to make (a liquid) thicker by addition of another substance or by evaporation.
adjective
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Also, in·cras·sat·ed. Botany, Entomology. thickened or swollen.
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Incrassation
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| incrassate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | biology thickened or swollen: incrassate cell walls |
| 2. | obsolete fattened or swollen |
| —vb | |
| 3. | obsolete to make or become thicker |
| [C17: from Late Latin incrassāre, from Latin crassus thick, dense] | |
| incras'sation | |
| —n | |
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