Word Meaning

Meaning of petrifaction

- The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.
- The state or condition of being petrified.
- That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
- Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.