chimerize

to turn into a chimera

Verb

  1. to turn into a chimera
    • The homologous recombination technique has some advantages, such as the ability to quickly chimerize a mouse MAb. - 1989, New horizons of tumor immunotherapy: proceedings of the International Symposium on New Horizons...
    • Nevertheless, even ES cells, if cultured under less than optimal conditions, frequently acquire subtle changes that limit their ability to chimerize embryos and particularly to chimerize the germ line. - 2003, Human...
    • it took enlarged brains with prolonged development, in bodies able to easily communicate with others, before brains could exploit it to chimerize with symbols - 2011, Chimeras and Consciousness: Evolution of the Sensory...

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chimerizes chimerizing chimerized

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