depuration
(dɛpjʊˈreɪʃən)
[a. F. dépuration (13th c. in Littré), or ad. med.L. dēpūrātiōn-em (It. depurazione, Sp. depuracion, Pr. depuracio), n. of action from dēpūrāre to depurate.]
The action or process of freeing from impurities; purification, refining; in Med. the removal of impurities from the humours or fluids of the body.
| 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 603 (R.) This manner of depuration and clarifying of it by a strainer. 1641 French Distill. i. (1651) 33 The depuration of Manna for this use. 1753 N. Torriano Gangr. Sore Throat p. xii, This critical Depuration of the Blood by Eruptions on the Skin. 1789 Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 195 The depuration of gold may be performed many ways. 1880 Haughton Phys. Geog. iii. 81 The Upper Palæozoic age, in which the chief depuration of the atmosphere took place. |