Definition of Attenuation

At`ten`u`a´tion
n.1.The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
2.The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.
3.The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus.


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attenuate, fading, weakening


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