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powderize

powderize verb: to reduce to powder.

Verb

powderize (third-person singular simple present powderizes, present participle powderizing, simple past and past participle powderized)

  1. (transitive) To reduce to powder
    • The spleen was harvested as a control where Smurf2 is known to be highly expressed in the WT. All specimens were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen, powderized using a mortar and pestle, and stored at -80°C until time for protein or RNA isolation.2016 January 28, “Skeletal Characterization of Smurf2-Deficient Mice and In Vitro Analysis of Smurf2-Deficient Chondrocytes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    pulverize
  2. (intransitive) To be reduced to powder

Synonyms of powderize

Forms of powderize

third-person singular presentpowderizes
present participlepowderizing
past participlepowderized
pastpowderized

Origin of powderize

From powder + -ize.

Words formed from powderize

Questions about powderize

What does powderize mean?
Powderize means to reduce to powder.
What part of speech is powderize?
Powderize is a verb.
What is the past tense of powderize?
The past tense of powderize is powderized.

Words near powderize in the dictionary

  1. powderinge tubbe
  2. powderings
  3. powderise
  4. powderization
  5. powderizations
  6. powderize
  7. powderized
  8. powderizer
  9. powderizers
  10. powderizes
  11. powderizing

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