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vitrify

[ vi-truh-fahy ]

verb (used with or without object)

vitrified, vitrifying.
  1. to convert or be converted into glass.
  2. to make or become vitreous.


vitrify

/ ˈɪٰɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰˌھ, adjective
  • ˌٰˌھˈٲ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • r·ھa·i·ٲ noun
  • ۾·ھa· adjective
  • ԴDz·۾·ھ adjective
  • un·۾·ھa· adjective
  • ܲ·۾·ھ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vitrify1

1585–95; vitri- + -fy; compare French vitrifier
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vitrify1

C16: from French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum glass
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Once we know that vitrified brain tissue is a thing we can look out for, it's possible that we'll start finding more examples of this currently unique process, Mann said.

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Only material containing some liquid can turn to glass, meaning that the bones could not have vitrified.

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The plant will vitrify much of the 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste in underground tanks, some filled with waste as early as the 1940s.

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Last October, the first of two melters used to actually vitrify the waste became active, with the second melter scheduled to launch this spring.

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Only one previous study successfully rewarmed and transplanted a vitrified organ in any animal, and the rabbit kidney in question had been vitrified for roughly 10 minutes—and it performed poorly after transplantation.

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