synerize

English

Verb

synerize (third-person singular simple present synerizes, present participle synerizing, simple past and past participle synerized)

  1. To undergo synaeresis.
    1. 1931, A. L. Elder, O. L. Brandes, The Adsorption of Water and Ethyl Acetate Vapors by Silica Gels:
      “ […] the gel was placed in a glass-stoppered bottle and allowed to 'sweat' or synerize.”
    2. 1950, G.J. Stark M.D., N. Stivel M.Sc., Group-specific Appearance of Plasma Clots:
      “Ferry and Morrison distinguished between a transparent gelatinous clot which does not readily synerize, and an opaque doughy clot which does synerize […] ”
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