“Moreover, the present invention will prevent the destruction of red blood cells accelerated by the crenation.”
“Marine amoebae are not in danger of lysis or crenation because seawater and their cytoplasm are isotonic.”
“Reversal of sickling and crenation in erythrocytes by the root extract of Fagara zanthoxyloides.”
crenellation
A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortifiedwall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.
The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle.
“We lock the gates behind us, admiring for a moment the crenelation of razor wire and a shed piled high with salt.”
“One shouldn't look for modesty in a business that dubs itself a castle, especially when it's housed in a low-slung single-story affair made of wood, not stone, without a crenelation in sight.”
“And California's landmass shows more complicated crenelation and topographic variation than are visible from ground-level viewing.”