ETIOLATION
\ˌɛtɪəlˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɛtɪəlˈeɪʃən], \ˌɛ_t_ɪ__ə_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ETIOLATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something; "the etiolation of the critical tradition"
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a pale and sickly appearance; "his etiolation signaled years in prison"
By Princeton University
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The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
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Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.
By Oddity Software
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The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
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Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.
By Noah Webster.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Blanching, (F.) Etiolement. That state of plants which occurs in consequence of privation of light, when they become pale and watery. In pathology, it is sometimes used to denote the paleness produced in those persons who have been kept long without light; or a similar paleness, the result of chronic disease.
By Robley Dunglison
By Smith Ely Jelliffe