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Condensation(medicine)
condensation(encyclopedia)
condensation(dictionary)
Condensation(health)
fractional condensation(medicine)
condensation polymer(medicine)
condensation compound(medicine)
chromosome condensation(medicine)
aldol condensation(medicine)

mutagenize (iou) and condensation (iou)


mutagenize (iou)



mutagenize verb trans. Also mutagenise. M20.
[from MUTAGEN + -IZE.]
Biology. Treat (cells or organisms) with mutagenic agents.

condensation (iou)



condensation noun. E17.
[Late Latin condensatio(n-), formed as CONDENSATE adjective: see -ATION. Cf. Old & mod. French condensation.]
The act or process of condensing; spec. the conversion of a substance from a state of gas or vapour to a liquid (occas., a solid) condition. E17.
Condensed condition; a condensed mass; condensed material, esp. of water on the inside of cold windows etc. E17.
The compression of thought or meaning into a few words; esp. the abridgement of a book etc.; the result of this. L18.
Chemistry. In full condensation reaction. A reaction in which two molecules combine to form a larger molecule, strictly with the elimination of a small molecule such as H2O. L19.
Psychoanalysis. The fusion of two or more images or ideas into a single composite or new image, esp. in a dream; the carrying of more than one symbolic meaning by an image. E20.
Phrases: KNOEVENAGEL condensation. surface condensation: see SURFACE adjective.
Comb.: condensation reaction: see sense 4 above; condensation trail = vapour trail s.v. VAPOUR noun.