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chemosensitize

chemosensitize verb: to sensitize chemically.

Verb

chemosensitize (third-person singular simple present chemosensitizes, present participle chemosensitizing, simple past and past participle chemosensitized)

  1. To sensitize chemically
    • An mTOR inhibitor could not chemosensitize apoptosis incompetent esophageal cancer cells, whereas lithium could.2015 August 6, Tracey R. O’Donovan et al., “Lithium Modulates Autophagy in Esophageal and Colorectal Cancer Cells and Enhances the Efficacy of Therapeutic Agents In Vitro and In Vivo”, in PLoS ONE...

Forms of chemosensitize

third-person singular presentchemosensitizes
present participlechemosensitizing
past participlechemosensitized
pastchemosensitized

Origin of chemosensitize

From chemo- + sensitize.

Questions about chemosensitize

What does chemosensitize mean?
Chemosensitize means to sensitize chemically.
What part of speech is chemosensitize?
Chemosensitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of chemosensitize?
The past tense of chemosensitize is chemosensitized.

Words near chemosensitize in the dictionary

  1. chemosensitisers
  2. chemosensitive
  3. chemosensitivities
  4. chemosensitivity
  5. chemosensitization
  6. chemosensitize
  7. chemosensitized
  8. chemosensitizer
  9. chemosensitizers
  10. chemosensitizes
  11. chemosensitizing

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