AERIFICATION

n. A-e?r”i?f-i2-ka’shu®n, Lat., aerificatio (from aer, air, and facere, to make). Fr., aérif i cation. Ger., Verflüchtigung, Verdampfung (ist def.). It., ‘acrificazione.” Sp., aerificaciôn. 1. The act or proce of converting a solid or a liquid into the gaseous state. 2. The introduction of air into anything. 3. The state of being filled with air. 4. The state of being aeriform. [L, 41, 53,56.])—A. of the lung. See Pulmonary EM- PHYSEMA.