- inspissator
- noun see inspissate
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
inspissator
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inspissator — See inspissation. * * * … Universalium
inspissator — noun An apparatus for evaporating liquids; an evaporator … Wiktionary
inspissator — An apparatus for evaporating fluids. * * * in·spis·sa·tor in spis .āt ər, in(t) spə .sāt ər n an apparatus for thickening fluids (as blood) * * * in·spis·sa·tor (in spisґa tər) an apparatus for inspissating fluids, such as blood serum … Medical dictionary
inspissator — n. person or thing which makes thick, thickener … English contemporary dictionary
inspissator — in·spis·sa·tor … English syllables
inspissator — n. an apparatus for thickening serum etc. by heat … Useful english dictionary
inspissate — transitive verb ( sated; sating) Etymology: Late Latin inspissatus, past participle of inspissare, from Latin in + spissus slow, dense; akin to Greek spidnos compact, Lithuanian spisti to form a swarm Date: 1626 to make thick or thicker •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
inspissate — inspissation, n. inspissator, n. /in spis ayt/, v.t., v.i., inspissated, inspissating. to thicken, as by evaporation; make or become dense. [1620 30; < LL inspissatus ptp. of inspissare to thicken, equiv. to L in IN 2 + spissa(re) to thicken… … Universalium
inspissate — [ɪn spɪseɪt] verb [usu. as adjective inspissated] thicken or congeal. Derivatives inspissation noun inspissator noun Origin C17: from late L. inspissat , inspissare thicken … English new terms dictionary
inspissate — vb. Archaic. thicken. ♦ inspissant, n. & a. thickening (substance). ♦ inspissation, ♦ inspissator, n … Dictionary of difficult words
