petrifaction noun. [pɛtrɪ'fakʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[from PETRIFY: see -FACTION.]
1. a. The action of petrifying something; the condition of being petrified; conversion into stone; Medicine the formation of a calculus. LME.
b. fig. A state of extreme fear or terror. E18.

2. A thing formed by being petrified; a stony mass. L17.

■ petrifactive adjective having the quality of petrifying; causing petrifaction: M17.

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