thickening
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈθɪkənɪŋ/
- The thickening of the sauce was essential for the recipe to achieve the right consistency.
- mucosal thickening
- wall thickening
- tissue thickening
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Watch on YouTubeNext is a particular thickening of the skin on your palms, of your hands, and on the soles of your feet.
- Next is a particular thickening of the skin on your palms, of your hands, and on the soles of your feet.
- Well, a plaque is a thickening, you know, like a plaque on your teeth is anything, any kind of a thing that builds up on your teeth, right?
- There are, I'm sure, more reasons, but that's the most important reasons why we thicken our food, the thickening process, dispersion, hydration and setting.
- They have, you know, a terrible case of lung fibrosis and others don't, you know, some have, you know, thickening of the skin and others don't.
- So be good for traveling and thickening is good.
Examples
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The swelling that results from the cough may evolve into a vocal fold thickening.
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Domestic and foreign practices generally show that the preliminary thickening of sludge is a reasonable technique.
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But she had massive thickening of her prevertebral soft tissues.
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Next is a particular thickening of the skin on your palms, of your hands, and on the soles of your feet.
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The echocardiogram may also show any thickening of the leaflets.
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In addition, there is thickening of the ligaments and muscular hypoplasia.
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Comparison of the two films shows decreased mucosal thickening and improved sinus aeration after treatment.
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Sebaceous tissue has become bulbous and disfiguring, leading to skin thickening and irregular nodular skin.
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During myocardial ischemia, changes in subendocardial wall thickening correlated closely with a reduction in endocardial blood flow.
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Consensus readings of diffuse pleural thickening and pleural plaques were reported in 5 and 45 participants, respectively.
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Synonyms
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3.1
A slow increase in something over time
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7.4
Gradual growth by adding small bits or layers of matter
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6.9
A change when a liquid becomes thick and forms clots, like blood or milk
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6.7
A hard mass that forms when loose material is pressed together
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4.1
An increase in size of a material, often when heated
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Making soil or material denser by pressing it together
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8.4
The act of making something more dense by adding more people, buildings, or tiny parts
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4.9
Making something smaller or more compact by reducing its volume
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9.9
A liquid becoming thicker because it loses water
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9.9
Adding new layers to a cell wall so it becomes thicker
Antonyms
How Thick
- Specialized
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6.8
- Specialized
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6.9
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4.6
- Specialized
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thickening comes from thick 'not thin' plus -en 'to make' and -ing for the action or result. So thickening is the process or result of something becoming denser, for example in sauce, clouds, or arteries.