polymerizes

Verb

polymerize (third-person singular simple present polymerizes, present participle polymerizing, simple past and past participle polymerized)

1. (transitive) (organic chemistry) To convert a monomer to a polymer by polymerization.
2. (intransitive) To undergo polymerization.
   • Non-polymerized lamins are dimers and they can polymerize to structures such as head to tail or by unparallel dimers which aggregate in tetramers and polymerize to thick fibers.2015 March 25, Anna Skoczyńska et al., “New look at the role of progerin in skin aging”, in Przegla̜d Menopauzalny = Menopause Review, volume 14, →DOI