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Definition of Devitalise
1. Verb. Sap of life or energy. "The recession devitalized the economy"
Specialized synonyms: Eviscerate
Generic synonyms: Weaken
Derivative terms: Devitalisation, Devitalization
Antonyms: Vitalize
Medical Definition of Devitalise
1. To deprive of vitality or of vital properties. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devitalise
Literary usage of Devitalise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond (1888)
"But the biologist cannot devitalise a plant or an animal and revivify it again.1 Life
is not one of the homeless forces 1 One must not be misled by popular ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1884)
"... heated them several times for quite a short period, leaving them at the ordinary
temperature in the intervals, he could quite readily devitalise them. ..."
3. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1894)
"I speak of the teeth whose pulps we find nearly or quite exposed, or are in such
condition that we determine to devitalise them. In the case of teeth whose ..."
4. Monthly Review of Dental Surgery by British Dental Association (1876)
"The same bit of cotton that had served to devitalise all these pulps, was then
used to kill a frog, and after he was dead, he was thrown into a heap of ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1896)
"... graft to what is generally an uneven surface, while the traumatism produced
by the puncturing of the graft might be expected further to devitalise it. ..."
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