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hyalinize

hyalinize verb: to make or become hyaline.

Verb

hyalinize (third-person singular simple present hyalinizes, present participle hyalinizing, simple past and past participle hyalinized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become hyaline.
    • Tumor growth often outstrips blood supply, causing the tumor to hyalinize. The hyaline tissue may then liquefy and calcify.2005, Rae Langford, June D. Thompson, Mosby's Handbook of Diseases (page 683)

Forms of hyalinize

third-person singular presenthyalinizes
present participlehyalinizing
past participlehyalinized
pasthyalinized
alternative formhyalinise

Origin of hyalinize

From hyalin(e) + -ize.

Questions about hyalinize

What does hyalinize mean?
Hyalinize means to make or become hyaline.
What part of speech is hyalinize?
Hyalinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of hyalinize?
The past tense of hyalinize is hyalinized.

Words near hyalinize in the dictionary

  1. hyalinised
  2. hyalinises
  3. hyalinising
  4. hyalinization
  5. hyalinizations
  6. hyalinize
  7. hyalinized
  8. hyalinizes
  9. hyalinizing
  10. hyalinocyte
  11. hyalinocytes

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