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lapinize

lapinize verb: to attenuate a virus, such that it can be used to make a vaccine, by passage through rabbits.

Verb

lapinize (third-person singular simple present lapinizes, present participle lapinizing, simple past and past participle lapinized)

  1. To attenuate a virus, such that it can be used to make a vaccine, by passage through rabbits.

Forms of lapinize

third-person singular presentlapinizes
present participlelapinizing
past participlelapinized
pastlapinized

Origin of lapinize

From French lapiniser, apparently attested in French since c. 1910.

Questions about lapinize

What does lapinize mean?
Lapinize means to attenuate a virus, such that it can be used to make a vaccine, by passage through rabbits.
What part of speech is lapinize?
Lapinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of lapinize?
The past tense of lapinize is lapinized.

Words near lapinize in the dictionary

  1. Lapines
  2. Lapinig
  3. lapinise
  4. lapinised
  5. lapinization
  6. lapinize
  7. lapinized
  8. lapinizes
  9. lapinizing
  10. lapins
  11. Lapinski

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