biomineralized
biomineralized is the simple past and past participle of biomineralize.
Meaning of biomineralize
Verb
biomineralize (third-person singular simple present biomineralizes, present participle biomineralizing, simple past and past participle biomineralized)
- To mineralize within a biological organism; e.g. to form bone (in vertebrates) or silica skeleton (in diatoms).
- Instead, it seems more likely that this organism biomineralizes and arranges endogenous magnetite crystals in a highly controlled fashion within the cell where intracellular structural elements play a significant role in magnetosome, as has been shown for magnetotactic prokaryotes.2011, Alexander Altenbach, Anoxia: Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies
Adjective
biomineralized (comparative more biomineralized, superlative most biomineralized)
- Subject to biomineralization
Forms of biomineralized
| comparative | more biomineralized |
|---|---|
| superlative | most biomineralized |
Words formed from biomineralized
Questions about biomineralized
- What does biomineralized mean?
- Biomineralized means subject to biomineralization.
- What is biomineralized the simple past and past participle of?
- Biomineralized is the simple past and past participle of biomineralize.
- What part of speech is biomineralized?
- Biomineralized is an adjective.
Words near biomineralized in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: biomineralized (page history and authors); biomineralize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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