FUMIGATION
\fjˌuːmɪɡˈe͡ɪʃən], \fjˌuːmɪɡˈeɪʃən], \f_j_ˌuː_m_ɪ_ɡ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of FUMIGATION
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
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Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.
By Oddity Software
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The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
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Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.
By Noah Webster.
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The application of smoke, vapor, or gas for the purpose of disinfecting or destroying pests or microorganisms.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Exposing to disinfectant or deodorizing fumes.
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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An operation, the object of which is to fill a circumscribed space with gas or vapour, with the intention either of purifying the air, of perfuming it, or of charging it with a substance proper for acting upon a part of the surface of the human body. See Sulphurous acid. Heuce, fumigations have, been distinguished into aqueous, aromatic, sulphureous, mercurial, disinfecting, Guytonian, &,c. Benzoin generally constitutes the chief ingredient in the Fumigating Pastilles, to which any variety of odoriferous substances may be added. Reduce the solid ingredients to powder, and mix the whole into a plastic mass, which must be formed into cones, flattened at the base, and dried, first in the air, and afterwards in a stove.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Latin] The subjection of a room, clothes, the surface of the body, etc., to the action of smoke or other products of combustion for purposes of disinfection or medication.
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[Latin] An agent employed for f.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The act or process of filling a closed space with gas . or vapors, either with the purpose of destroying disease germs or as a means of applying volatile medicines to the surface of the body. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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