2. (Med.)
Defn: An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.
LIQUEFACTION
Liq`ue*fac"tion, n. Etym: [L. liquefactio: cf. F. liquéfaction. See
Liquefy.]
1. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.
2. The state of being liquid.
3. (Chem. Physics)
Defn: The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by cold or pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen or hydrogen.
LIQUEFIABLE
Liq"ue*fi`a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. liquéfiable. See Liquefy.]
Defn: Capable of being changed from a solid to a liquid state.
LIQUEFIER
Liq"ue*fi`er, n.