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chloroformize

chloroformize verb: to treat with chloroform, typically in order to attenuate an antigen.

Verb

chloroformize (third-person singular simple present chloroformizes, present participle chloroformizing, simple past and past participle chloroformized)

  1. To treat with chloroform, typically in order to attenuate an antigen

Forms of chloroformize

third-person singular presentchloroformizes
present participlechloroformizing
past participlechloroformized
pastchloroformized

Origin of chloroformize

From chloroform + -ize.

Questions about chloroformize

What does chloroformize mean?
Chloroformize means to treat with chloroform, typically in order to attenuate an antigen.
What part of speech is chloroformize?
Chloroformize is a verb.
What is the past tense of chloroformize?
The past tense of chloroformize is chloroformized.

Words near chloroformize in the dictionary

  1. chloroformism
  2. chloroformist
  3. chloroformists
  4. chloroformization
  5. chloroformizations
  6. chloroformize
  7. chloroformized
  8. chloroformizes
  9. chloroformizing
  10. chloroforms
  11. chloroformyl

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