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labilizing

labilizing is the present participle and gerund of labilize.

Meaning of labilize

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

Questions about labilizing

What is labilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Labilizing is the present participle and gerund of labilize.

Words near labilizing in the dictionary

  1. labilization
  2. labilizations
  3. labilize
  4. labilized
  5. labilizes
  6. labilizing
  7. labimeter
  8. labimeters
  9. Labin
  10. Labinay
  11. Labine

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