thickening Definition
thick·en·ing (t̸hik′ən iŋ)
noun
- the action of a person or thing that thickens
- a substance or material used to thicken
- the thickened part of something
thickening Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- skin: A corn is caused due to a localized thickening of the skin due to pressure.
- muscle: The disorder restricts the efficient pumping of blood round the body owing to a thickening of the heart muscle.
- wall: There is a diffuse thickening of the gastric wall.
- blood: Failure to wrap up can lead to thickening of the blood, perhaps even a fatal clot.
- lining: This prevents the thickening of the lining of the uterus.
- layer: Chronic irritation is also likely to cause a thickening of the mucous layer.
Converse of object
- cause: Chronic irritation is also likely to cause a thickening of the mucous layer.
- show: On chest x-rays the signs are often not very definite and may possibly only show a slight thickening of the pleura.
- have: Anyone who has pleural thickening can be at higher risk of asbestos related diseases.
Adjective modifier
- pleural: Anyone who has pleural thickening can be at higher risk of asbestos related diseases.
- crustal: Vertical stretching and crustal thickening at Nanga Parbat, Pakistan Himalaya: a model for distributed continental deformation during mountain building.
- diffuse: There is a diffuse thickening of the gastric wall.
- bilateral: He was found to be suffering from bilateral diffuse pleural thickening.
- fibrous: Neuroma - a fibrous thickening of a nerve caused by reaction to long-standing irritation.
Modifies a noun
agent: Fresh bread crumbs can be added as a thickening agent and tomato juice can be used instead of stock for a richer taste.
Noun used with modifier
- skin: Skin problems ie thickening of the skin, scabs in the fur or loss of prickles, will also need veterinary treatment.
- wall: Fibril -- spiral wall thickenings in the hyaline cells.
- sludge: Audit guidelines and tools and procedures were developed to enable focussed audits of sludge thickening plant.
- shear: A stress hysteresis is found in the shear thickening regime.
- cloud: Here there was patchy thin cloud with sunshine at first with the cloud thickening during the morning.
Browse dictionary entries near thickening
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