inspissation

2 definitions found

inspissation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Inspissation \In`spis*sa"tion\, n.
     The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid
     substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so
     thickened.
     [1913 Webster]

inspissation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  inspissation
      n 1: the process of thickening by dehydration
      2: the act of thickening [syn: thickening, inspissation]