Inspissation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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