Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acellularize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: acel-lu-lar-ize
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make acellular by the removal of cells.

Example Sentences

"US 6,448,076 B2 METHOD FOR CHEMICALLY ACELLULARIZING A BIOLOGICAL TISSUE SAMPLE Robert G. Dennis, Ann Arbor, Mich.; William M. Kuzon, Jr., Dexter, Mich., and Paul S. Cederna, Ann Arbor, Mich., assignors [...] The Regents of the Method for chemically acellularizing a biological tissue sample."
"Although many studies have been conducted and reported good results under these hypotheses, we wanted to improve the acellularizing processes, especially in the process of nuclease treating and the removal of phospholipids ..."
"Some groups have attempted to use animal tissues to produce suitable matrices (Steinhoff et al. 2000). Different technologies have been developed to acellularize these tissues."

Etymology

From acellular + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: acellular
Suffix: -ize

Inflected Forms

acellularizes (present, singular) acellularizing (participle, present) acellularized (participle, past) acellularized (past)

Questions

What does acellularize mean?: To make acellular by the removal of cells.
Where does acellularize come from?: From acellular + -ize.

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