labilize en · VERB
Etymology
From labile + -ize.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To make or become labile (i.e. unstable).
High trans effect ligands such as H or CO labilize ligands that are trans to themselves.
2014, Robert H. Crabtree, The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, →ISBN, page 41:L. regards the oxidative processes of the body as taking place not as a result of activated O, but rather by means of "labilized" H atoms of the proteins of the cells so that they react readily with mol. O₂.
1915, Oscar Loew, Chemical Abstracts, volume 9, number 2, Notes on the mechanism of biological oxidation processes, page 1488:[…] in order to labilize the glycosidic bond.
1990, Stephen Kuby, A Study of Enzymes, volume 2, →ISBN, page 147:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| labilizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| labilized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| labilized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| labilise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| labilizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |