[f. CANALIZE + -ATION; or a. mod.F. canalisation.]

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  1.  A furnishing with canals; the cutting of a canal through (an isthmus, etc.), the making (a river, etc.) into a canal; the construction of canals.

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1844.  Blackw. Mag., LVI. 193. A plan of canalization for the Hellenic kingdom.

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1858.  Times, 26 Nov., 7/3. The canalization of the Isthmus [of Suez] … may well cause hesitation.

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1880.  Law Reports, 13 Chanc. Div. 4. The canalisation of the rapids.

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  2.  Phys. and Pathol. The formation of a canal or canals in the living organism: see also quot. 1881.

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1876.  trans. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 203. Canalisation of the embolus … leading to the permeability of the obstructed part.

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1881.  Syd. Soc. Lex., Canalisation, the conversion of a vessel, especially a vein, into a rigid tube. Also, the boring through a structure, as of the prostate gland.

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