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haptenize

haptenize verb: to react an antigenic compound (a hapten) with a carrier protein in order to stimulate an immune response.

Verb

haptenize (third-person singular simple present haptenizes, present participle haptenizing, simple past and past participle haptenized)

  1. (transitive) To react an antigenic compound (a hapten) with a carrier protein in order to stimulate an immune response.

Forms of haptenize

third-person singular presenthaptenizes
present participlehaptenizing
past participlehaptenized
pasthaptenized

Origin of haptenize

From hapten + -ize.

Words formed from haptenize

Questions about haptenize

What does haptenize mean?
Haptenize means to react an antigenic compound (a hapten) with a carrier protein in order to stimulate an immune response.
What part of speech is haptenize?
Haptenize is a verb.
What is the past tense of haptenize?
The past tense of haptenize is haptenized.

Words near haptenize in the dictionary

  1. haptenic
  2. haptenically
  3. haptenise
  4. haptenised
  5. haptenization
  6. haptenize
  7. haptenized
  8. haptenizes
  9. haptenizing
  10. haptens
  11. haptenylate

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