viscidation

English

Etymology

From viscid +‎ -ation.

Noun

viscidation (uncountable)

1. The process of making something (especially blood) viscid
   • 2015 August 25, “Effects of Tobacco Smoking on the Degeneration of the Intervertebral Disc: A Finite Element Study”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Moreover, smoking causes: carboxy-hemoglobin production, which blocks oxygen transport in plasma; vasoconstriction, which decreases the lumen of the vessels and reduces blood flow; atheroma, which increases the thickness of arterial walls, thus decreasing blood flow; impaired fibrinolytic activity, which reduces transvascular transport of nutrients to IVD; and viscidation of the blood, which hinders oxygen transport.