Hep·a·tize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized p. pr. & vb. n. Hepatizing ]
  1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.
     On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water.   --Barrow.
  2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
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