Category:Vivification

Viv`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [l. vivificatio: cf. vivification.]

1. The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration Of life; revival. Bacon.

2. (physiol.)

Defn: one of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter Which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue Cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the Phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc. Mckendrick.

3. (chem.)

Defn: the act or process of vivificating. [obs.]