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• Moistening

  [moi-suh n] /ˈmɔɪ sən/ verb (used with or without object) 1. to make or become . /ˈmɔɪsən/ verb 1. to make or become moist v. 1570s, from moist + -en (1). Related: Moistened; moistening. The earlier verb was simply moist (early 14c.), from Old French moistir.

• Moister

  [moist] /mɔɪst/ adjective, moister, moistest. 1. moderately or slightly wet; damp. 2. (of the eyes) tearful. 3. accompanied by or connected with liquid or . 4. (of the air) having high humidity. /mɔɪst/ adjective 1. slightly damp or wet 2. saturated with or suggestive of moisture adj. late 14c., “moist, wet; well-irrigated,” from Old French […]

• Moist gangrene

  moist gangrene n. A form of gangrene in which the necrosed part is moist and soft.

• Moistest

  [moist] /mɔɪst/ adjective, moister, moistest. 1. moderately or slightly wet; damp. 2. (of the eyes) tearful. 3. accompanied by or connected with liquid or . 4. (of the air) having high humidity. /mɔɪst/ adjective 1. slightly damp or wet 2. saturated with or suggestive of moisture adj. late 14c., “moist, wet; well-irrigated,” from Old French […]

• Moist rale

  moist rale n. A bubbling sound heard on auscultation, caused by the pressure of a fluid secretion in the bronchial tubes or in a cavity.

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