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chitinize

chitinize verb: to convert to chitin.

Verb

chitinize (third-person singular simple present chitinizes, present participle chitinizing, simple past and past participle chitinized)

  1. To convert to chitin
  2. To make chitinous

Forms of chitinize

third-person singular presentchitinizes
present participlechitinizing
past participlechitinized
pastchitinized

Origin of chitinize

From chitin + -ize.

Questions about chitinize

What does chitinize mean?
Chitinize means to convert to chitin.
What part of speech is chitinize?
Chitinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of chitinize?
The past tense of chitinize is chitinized.

Words near chitinize in the dictionary

  1. chitinisations
  2. chitinise
  3. chitinised
  4. chitinization
  5. chitinizations
  6. chitinize
  7. chitinized
  8. chitinizes
  9. chitinizing
  10. chitinless
  11. chitinlike

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