Tenuation

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of attenuation. rare

    "In examining in the dead subject mixed cases of these descriptions, it is necessary to connterpoise the opposite conditions, to balance the hypertrophy against the tenuation, and the dilatation against the contraction, in order to determine which is the predominant affection."

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attenuation

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"In examining in the dead subject mixed cases of these descriptions, it is necessary to connterpoise the opposite conditions, to balance the hypertrophy against the tenuation, and the dilatation against the contraction, in order to determine which is the predominant affection."

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