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decellularise

decellularise is the alternative spelling of decellularize.

Meaning of decellularize

Verb

decellularize (third-person singular simple present decellularizes, present participle decellularizing, simple past and past participle decellularized)

  1. To remove cells or cellular material from (such as from an organ or tissue)
    • The method comprises contacting the tissue to be decellularized with a hypotonic solution under conditions such that cell lysis occurs, and subsequently subjecting the tissue to nuclease treatment under conditions such that the tissue is rendered histologically acellular.2000, Steven Goldstein, Kirby S. Black, Tissue decellularization, US Patent http://www.google.com/patents?id=D5KBAAAAEBAJ

Forms of decellularise

third-person singular presentdecellularises
present participledecellularising
past participledecellularised
pastdecellularised

Questions about decellularise

What is decellularise the alternative spelling of?
Decellularise is the alternative spelling of decellularize.

Words near decellularise in the dictionary

  1. Decelle
  2. decelleratory
  3. Decelles
  4. Decelleses
  5. decellularisation
  6. decellularise
  7. decellularised
  8. decellularises
  9. decellularising
  10. decellularization
  11. decellularize

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