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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

powderize en · VERB

Etymology

From powder + -ize.

Meanings

  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:
  2. (intransitive) To be reduced to powder

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
powderizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
powderizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
powderized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
powderized Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

powderizer

Relateds

powderization

Synonyms

pulverize (reduce to powder)