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hepatization

[‚hep·əd·ə′zā·shən]
(pathology)
The conversion of tissue into a liverlike substance, as of the lungs during the exudative stage of pneumonia.
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Caption: Figure 6: Postmortem finding: hepatization of the lung.
Plastic Bronchitis in an AIDS Patient with Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma
Further observation showed that lung samples tend to have a combination of two or more lesions like lung showing gray hepatization (Plate 4) with areas of consolidation (Plate 1), and edematous lung with areas of atelectasis (Plate2).
Sero-Occurrence of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Antibodies among Swine Presented for Slaughter at Valencia and Malaybalay City Abattoirs
Gross pathologic lesions were localized exclusively to the lung, where severe pleuropneumonia with partial hepatization was observed (Figure, panel A).
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in endangered tibetan antelope, China, 2012
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