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labilize

labilize verb: to make or become labile (i.e. unstable).

Verb

labilize (third-person singular simple present labilizes, present participle labilizing, simple past and past participle labilized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become labile (i.e. unstable).
    • L. regards the oxidative processes of the body as taking place not as a result of activated O, but rather by means of "labilized" H atoms of the proteins of the cells so that they react readily with mol. O₂.1915, Oscar Loew, Chemical Abstracts, volume 9, number 2, Notes on the mechanism of biological oxidation processes, page 1488
    • […] in order to labilize the glycosidic bond.1990, Stephen Kuby, A Study of Enzymes, volume 2, →ISBN, page 147

Forms of labilize

third-person singular presentlabilizes
present participlelabilizing
past participlelabilized
pastlabilized
alternative formlabilise

Origin of labilize

From labile + -ize.

Questions about labilize

What does labilize mean?
Labilize means to make or become labile (i.e. unstable).
What part of speech is labilize?
Labilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of labilize?
The past tense of labilize is labilized.

Words near labilize in the dictionary

  1. labilising
  2. labilities
  3. lability
  4. labilization
  5. labilizations
  6. labilize
  7. labilized
  8. labilizes
  9. labilizing
  10. labimeter
  11. labimeters

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