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dorsalize

dorsalize verb: to form dorsal cell types, or to organize tissue along the dorsoventral axis.

Verb

dorsalize (third-person singular simple present dorsalizes, present participle dorsalizing, simple past and past participle dorsalized)

  1. To form dorsal cell types, or to organize tissue along the dorsoventral axis.

Forms of dorsalize

third-person singular presentdorsalizes
present participledorsalizing
past participledorsalized
pastdorsalized
alternative formdorsalise

Origin of dorsalize

From dorsal + -ize.

Words formed from dorsalize

Questions about dorsalize

What does dorsalize mean?
Dorsalize means to form dorsal cell types, or to organize tissue along the dorsoventral axis.
What part of speech is dorsalize?
Dorsalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dorsalize?
The past tense of dorsalize is dorsalized.

Words near dorsalize in the dictionary

  1. dorsalise
  2. dorsalised
  3. dorsalising
  4. dorsalization
  5. dorsalizations
  6. dorsalize
  7. dorsalized
  8. dorsalizes
  9. dorsalizing
  10. dorsally
  11. dorsalmost

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