E*mul"si*fy (?), v. t. [Emulsion + -fy.]

To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.

 

© Webster 1913.

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