Meaning & use
Inspissated
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Thickened or condensed, especially through evaporation of liquid content.
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The inspissated syrup had to be diluted before it could be used in the recipe.
Doctors noted the inspissated mucus was blocking the patient's airway.
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A technical term common in pharmacology, medicine, and older culinary texts, from the Latin "inspissare," to thicken.
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