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viscidation en · NOUN

Etymology

From viscid + -ation.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The process of making something (especially blood) viscid
    • Moreover, smoking causes: carboxy-hemoglobin production, which blocks oxygen transport in plasma; vasoconstriction, which decreases the lumen of the vessels and reduces blood flow; atheroma, which increases the thickness of arterial walls, thus decreasing blood flow; impaired fibrinolytic activity, which reduces transvascular transport of nutrients to IVD; and viscidation of the blood, which hinders oxygen transport. 2015 August 25, “Effects of Tobacco Smoking on the Degeneration of the Intervertebral Disc: A Finite Element Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: