Boiling

(boil'-ing). The vaporization of a liquid when it gives off vapor having the same tension as the surrounding air. Most ti ues, animal and vegetable, are softened and rendered more or le soluble by boiling. Albumin and most albuminoids, however, are rendered insoluble. The temperature of boiling water at the level of the sea is 212° F.; it decreases with increasing altitude. B. Test. See Tests, Table of.