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“torrefaction”
1. A procedure used to dry or roast with an anaerobic heat treatment: In order to make wood waterproof, a process of torrefaction is necessary.
2. The process of drying by exposure to heat or fire:The procedure of torrefaction involves exposing something to heat or highly acidic material.
3. In pharmacy, the drying or roasting of drugs on a metalline plate, placed over or close to coals of fire: In the course of torrefaction the drugs become friable to the fingers (easily crumbled or pulverized or reduced to powder), or until some other desired effect is produced.
2. The process of drying by exposure to heat or fire:The procedure of torrefaction involves exposing something to heat or highly acidic material.
3. In pharmacy, the drying or roasting of drugs on a metalline plate, placed over or close to coals of fire: In the course of torrefaction the drugs become friable to the fingers (easily crumbled or pulverized or reduced to powder), or until some other desired effect is produced.
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fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
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terr-, terra-, -ter
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