elixation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ēlixāre. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɛlɪkˈseɪʃən/ === Noun === elixation (plural elixations) (now rare) Boiling, stewing. (now rare) Digestion (in the stomach). , Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.156: Elixation is the seething of meat in the stomach, by the said natural heat, as meat s boiled in a pot; to which corruption or putrefaction is opposite. (obsolete, chemistry) Boiling in order to produce an elixir