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dry distillation (medicine) and Foramen (medicine)


dry distillation (medicine)


dry distillation


Submission of an organic substance to heat in a closed vessel so that oxygen is absent and combustion prevented, with the objective of effecting its decomposition with release of volatile constituents and the formation of new substances.

Synonym: destructive distillation.


Foramen (medicine)


foramen
<anatomy> A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.

Foramen of Monro, the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the General cavity of the peritoneum.

Origin: L, fr. Forare to bore, pierce.