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Definition of Honeycombing

1. honeycomb [v] - See also: honeycomb

Medical Definition of Honeycombing

1. Better mnemonic: H: histiocytosis X, O: occupational disease (pneumoconiosis, farmer's lung), N: neurofibromatosis, E: extrinsic allergic alveolitis, Y: idiopathic, C: collagen vascular disease, O: oh no, M: medicines, B: bronchiectasis, S: sarcoid, ** see honeycomb lung (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Honeycombing

Literary usage of Honeycombing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wooden Box and Crate Construction by Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.) (1921)
"... honeycombing, and collapse do not develop seriously in the air-drying of most woods used for boxes. Oak, especially in the South, ..."

2. Henley's Encyclopædia of Practical Engineering and Allied Trades: A by Joseph Gregory Horner (1906)
"... a considerable extent, but drawing and honeycombing of the castings are liable to occur. About 1890 pressed boxes of mild steel were first manufactured. ..."

3. Standard Mechnical Examinations on Locomotive Firing and Running: Being the edited by W. G. Wallace (1912)
"Another difficulty encountered with some fuels is "honeycombing." The author confesses himself unable to say anything of particular value in regard to this ..."

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