- (n.) The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.
- (n.) The act or process of making slender or the state of being slender; emaciation.
- (n.) The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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