AREFACTION

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

n. A?r-e?-fa®k's husn. Lat., arefactio (from arefacere, to make dry). Fr., aréfaction. Ger., Dérren. It., a ref azione. Sp., arefacciôn. 1. The drying of a drug so that it may reduced to a very fine powder. [L, 53.] 2. See ARIDURA,