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trifunctionalize

trifunctionalize verb: to make trifunctional.

Verb

trifunctionalize (third-person singular simple present trifunctionalizes, present participle trifunctionalizing, simple past and past participle trifunctionalized)

  1. To make trifunctional.
    • Next, we investigated how the EGFR-targeted trifunctionalized nanoengagers improve NK cell cytotoxicity against the firefly luciferase–expressing HT29 cells (HT29-Luc2).2020 July 3, Kin Man Au, Steven I. Park, Andrew Z. Wang, “Trispecific natural killer cell nanoengagers for targeted chemoimmunotherapy”, in Science Advances, volume 6, number 27, →DOI, page 4

Forms of trifunctionalize

third-person singular presenttrifunctionalizes
present participletrifunctionalizing
past participletrifunctionalized
pasttrifunctionalized

Origin of trifunctionalize

From trifunctional + -ize.

Questions about trifunctionalize

What does trifunctionalize mean?
Trifunctionalize means to make trifunctional.
What part of speech is trifunctionalize?
Trifunctionalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of trifunctionalize?
The past tense of trifunctionalize is trifunctionalized.

Words near trifunctionalize in the dictionary

  1. trifoveolate
  2. trifrequency
  3. trifunctional
  4. trifunctionalism
  5. trifunctionality
  6. trifunctionalize
  7. trifunctionalized
  8. trifunctionally
  9. trifuran
  10. trifurans
  11. trifurcal

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