vitiation

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You will remember that he ascribes this circumstance to some unknown vice in the ovaries of the queen; but he was far from suspecting that retarded fecundation had been the cause of vitiation.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François

This is not a proper estimate to offer; but it will give a just idea of the rapid and fearful vitiation of the air that took place within the enclosure.

From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.

Will society do for the safety of this young soul what the doctor does for the body, when it is a question of contending against hereditary vitiation?

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

Other disease makes itself known by aches or appearance, but the blood courses on with no sign of vitiation, carrying its poison to every nerve and fibre of the body.

From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Pinkham, Lydia Estes

They are usually accompanied with a well-developed fetus, so that the mole may be looked upon as a twin which has undergone arrest and vitiation of development.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.