incrassation

Variant of incrassate

incrassate definition

in·cras·sate (in kras′āt′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb incrassated -·sat′ed, incrassating -·sat′·ing

Now Rare to make or become thick or thicker, esp. in consistency

Etymology: < L incrassatus, pp. of incrassare, to make thick < in-, in + crassare, to thicken < crassus, thick: see crass

adjective

Biol. thickened; swollen

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