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paraffinise

paraffinise is the alternative form of paraffinize.

Meaning of paraffinize

Verb

paraffinize (third-person singular simple present paraffinizes, present participle paraffinizing, simple past and past participle paraffinized)

  1. To embed a tissue sample in paraffin wax prior to microtoming.

Forms of paraffinise

third-person singular presentparaffinises
present participleparaffinising
past participleparaffinised
pastparaffinised

Questions about paraffinise

What is paraffinise the alternative form of?
Paraffinise is the alternative form of paraffinize.

Words near paraffinise in the dictionary

  1. paraffiners
  2. paraffines
  3. paraffinic
  4. paraffinic acid
  5. paraffining
  6. paraffinise
  7. paraffinised
  8. paraffinization
  9. paraffinize
  10. paraffinized
  11. paraffinizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paraffinise (page history and authors); paraffinize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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