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chimerise

chimerise is the alternative form of chimerize.

Meaning of chimerize

Verb

chimerize (third-person singular simple present chimerizes, present participle chimerizing, simple past and past participle chimerized)

  1. to turn into a chimera
    • The homologous recombination technique has some advantages, such as the ability to quickly chimerize a mouse MAb.1989, New horizons of tumor immunotherapy: proceedings of the International Symposium on New Horizons of Tumor Immunotherapy, held in Fukuoka, Japan, 30 November-2 December 1988, page 352

Forms of chimerise

third-person singular presentchimerises
present participlechimerising
past participlechimerised
pastchimerised

Origin of chimerise

From chimera + -ise.

Questions about chimerise

What is chimerise the alternative form of?
Chimerise is the alternative form of chimerize.

Words near chimerise in the dictionary

  1. chimeriforms
  2. chimerin
  3. chimerins
  4. chimerisation
  5. chimerisations
  6. chimerise
  7. chimerised
  8. chimerism
  9. chimerisms
  10. chimerization
  11. chimerizations

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