phlorizinize
phlorizinize verb: to treat with phlorizin.
Verb
phlorizinize (third-person singular simple present phlorizinizes, present participle phlorizinizing, simple past and past participle phlorizinized)
- To treat with phlorizin.
- For the study of glucose excretion fish were phlorizinized by injecting 300 to 400 mg. […]1935, Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology, volume 5, page 304
- He concluded from the high D/N ratios and from the decreased nitrogen elimination on phlorizinizing that excreted sugar could not be derived entirely from protein , and that fat must therefore also be considered a source.1951, Edward Herman Strisower, The Conversion in Vivo of Fat to Carbohydrate and Tracer Equations Characterizing Linked Metabolic Systems, page 1
Forms of phlorizinize
| third-person singular present | phlorizinizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | phlorizinizing |
| past participle | phlorizinized |
| past | phlorizinized |
Origin of phlorizinize
From phlorizin + -ize.
Questions about phlorizinize
- What does phlorizinize mean?
- Phlorizinize means to treat with phlorizin.
- What part of speech is phlorizinize?
- Phlorizinize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of phlorizinize?
- The past tense of phlorizinize is phlorizinized.
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