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anteriorize

anteriorize verb: to inhibit posteriorization.

Verb

anteriorize (third-person singular simple present anteriorizes, present participle anteriorizing, simple past and past participle anteriorized)

  1. To inhibit posteriorization
    • In support of the latter idea, the work in Xenopus found that Rdh10 mRNA did not produce overt phenotypes alone, but could anteriorize embryos when co-injected with Aldh1a2 mRNA, indicating these two enzymes together are necessary to enhance the production of RA [29 ].2015 September 23, “Rdh10a Provides a Conserved Critical Step in the Synthesis of Retinoic Acid during Zebrafish Embryogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of anteriorize

third-person singular presentanteriorizes
present participleanteriorizing
past participleanteriorized
pastanteriorized

Origin of anteriorize

From anterior + -ize.

Words formed from anteriorize

Questions about anteriorize

What does anteriorize mean?
Anteriorize means to inhibit posteriorization.
What part of speech is anteriorize?
Anteriorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of anteriorize?
The past tense of anteriorize is anteriorized.

Words near anteriorize in the dictionary

  1. anteriorisation
  2. anteriorities
  3. anteriority
  4. anteriorization
  5. anteriorizations
  6. anteriorize
  7. anteriorized
  8. anteriorizes
  9. anteriorizing
  10. anteriorly
  11. anteriormedial

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