Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Conversion into glass, or in general into a material having a glassy or vitreous structure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
vitrifaction .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A process of converting a material into a
glass -likeamorphous solid which is free of anycrystalline structure, either by the quick removal or addition ofheat , or by mixing with an additive.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified
- noun the process of becoming vitreous
Etymologies
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Examples
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The process is called vitrification, a ten-dollar word that basically means scientists have figured out a way to eliminate that nasty ice damage that scrunches your cells when they’re frozen.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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The process is called vitrification, a ten-dollar word that basically means scientists have figured out a way to eliminate that nasty ice damage that scrunches your cells when they’re frozen.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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The process is called vitrification, a ten-dollar word that basically means scientists have figured out a way to eliminate that nasty ice damage that scrunches your cells when they’re frozen.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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The process is called vitrification, a ten-dollar word that basically means scientists have figured out a way to eliminate that nasty ice damage that scrunches your cells when they’re frozen.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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The analysis included 1,990 cycles of fertility treatment using eggs that were frozen slowly and 291 cycles of treatment with eggs that had been rapidly frozen through a technique called vitrification.
Have your eggs frozen while you're still young, scientists advise women 2011
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The researchers studied 600 women who underwent IVF using embryos that were created in the laboratory using either eggs that were freshly obtained from their ovaries or eggs that had been preserved using a method known as vitrification, which involves flash-freezing after the water had been removed to avoid ice formation.
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South Korea has advanced another method, called vitrification, where liquid nitrogen is used to flash-freeze the eggs.
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We've developed what's called vitrification technology, which is a vast improvement in the way storage is -- storage procedures are done.
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We may soon be able to reduce a lot of this damage with a process called vitrification, but right now we still have to worry about it.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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We may soon be able to reduce a lot of this damage with a process called vitrification, but right now we still have to worry about it.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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