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acellularize

acellularize verb: to make acellular by the removal of cells.

Verb

acellularize (third-person singular simple present acellularizes, present participle acellularizing, simple past and past participle acellularized)

  1. (uncommon) To make acellular by the removal of cells.
    • US 6,448,076 B2
      METHOD FOR CHEMICALLY ACELLULARIZING A BIOLOGICAL TISSUE SAMPLE
      Robert G. Dennis, Ann Arbor, Mich.; William M. Kuzon, Jr., Dexter, Mich., and Paul S. Cederna, Ann Arbor, Mich., assignors [...]
      The Regents of the Method for chemically acellularizing a biological tissue sample.2002, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents, pages 1815 and 31
    • Although many studies have been conducted and reported good results under these hypotheses, we wanted to improve the acellularizing processes, especially in the process of nuclease treating and the removal of phospholipids ...2007, Journal of Korean Medical Science

Forms of acellularize

third-person singular presentacellularizes
present participleacellularizing
past participleacellularized
pastacellularized

Origin of acellularize

From acellular + -ize.

Questions about acellularize

What does acellularize mean?
Acellularize means to make acellular by the removal of cells.
What part of speech is acellularize?
Acellularize is a verb.
What is the past tense of acellularize?
The past tense of acellularize is acellularized.

Words near acellularize in the dictionary

  1. acelets
  2. Acelhuate
  3. acellular
  4. acellularity
  5. acellularization
  6. acellularize
  7. acellularized
  8. acellularizes
  9. acellularizing
  10. acelom
  11. acelomate

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