[n. of action f. next: see -TION.] The production of a tree-like appearance. a. Min. and Chem. A tree-like formation in the aggregation of crystals, as in dendritic silver ore, or in the markings of agates, etc. b. Anat. A tree-like appearance produced by the distension or injection of capillary vessels.
1794. Sullivan, View Nat., I. 448. Agates that present arborisations.
1800. Henry, Epit. Chem. (1808), 223. A beautiful arborization of reduced silver.
1878. A. M. Hamilton, Nerv. Dis., 77. The internal surface of the dura mater was furrowed by capillary arborization.
