| vivification | 1. The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival. 2. <physiology> One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc. 3. <chemistry> The act or process of vivificating. Origin: L. Vivificatio: cf. Vivification. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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