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venomize

venomize verb: to treat (an ailment) or process (a laboratory specimen) with venom.

Verb

venomize (third-person singular simple present venomizes, present participle venomizing, simple past and past participle venomized)

  1. (transitive) To treat (an ailment) or process (a laboratory specimen) with venom.
    • The Effect of Washing the Corpuscles after Venomization.—Attention has been drawn to the fact that the property of venom which is being described is operative only in the presence of an excess of venom. Corpuscles once protected can be diluted with water indefinitely without any laking taking...1905 April 25, Hideyo Noguchi, “A study of the protective action of snake venom upon blood corpuscles”, in Journal of Experimental Medicine, volume 7, number 2, →DOI, →PMCID, page 201
  2. (transitive) To envenom (prey or a person).

Forms of venomize

third-person singular presentvenomizes
present participlevenomizing
past participlevenomized
pastvenomized

Origin of venomize

From venom + -ize.

Questions about venomize

What does venomize mean?
Venomize means to treat (an ailment) or process (a laboratory specimen) with venom.
What part of speech is venomize?
Venomize is a verb.
What is the past tense of venomize?
The past tense of venomize is venomized.

Words near venomize in the dictionary

  1. venomes
  2. venomic
  3. venomics
  4. venoming
  5. venomization
  6. venomize
  7. venomized
  8. venomizes
  9. venomizing
  10. venomless
  11. venomlike

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