Carnification

Quick meaning: Carnification is a noun meaning (medicine, botany) A similar pathological transformation to other types of tissue so that it becomes fibrous and dense.

Meaning

(medicine, botany) A similar pathological transformation to other types of tissue so that it becomes fibrous and dense.

More Meanings

1. The literal transformation of something into flesh or meat.
2. The transformation of something into a human being.
3. The process of something nonphysical taking on a physical form (not necessarily involving flesh).
4. Carnal (sexual) activity.
5. (medicine) A pathological process in which chronic inflammation or infection causes lung tissue to organize into a fibrous form that resembles meat, which can lead to a loss of normal lung function.

Example Sentences

Fig. 3.31: Chronic organizing pneumonia ("carnification" ) .

The liver was not cirrhosed, as he had believed, but was in a state of carnification.

The lesions alluded to are those which have been hitherto described under the names of lobular pneumonia and carnification.

From this condition the marrow may return to its normal state, or the carnification may be the stage prior to and immediately preceding suppuration.

Word Forms

• carnifications

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include excarnation, carnivalization, adipoceration, corporification, discarnation, incarnification.

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