chimerize

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chimerize (third-person singular simple present chimerizes, present participle chimerizing, simple past and past participle chimerized)

  1. to turn into a chimera
    • 1989, New horizons of tumor immunotherapy: proceedings of the International Symposium on New Horizons of Tumor Immunotherapy, held in Fukuoka, Japan, 30 November-2 December 1988, page 352:
      The homologous recombination technique has some advantages, such as the ability to quickly chimerize a mouse MAb.
    • 2003, Human Embryonic Stem Cells, page 68:
      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.
    • 2011, Chimeras and Consciousness: Evolution of the Sensory Self, page 233:
      it took enlarged brains with prolonged development, in bodies able to easily communicate with others, before brains could exploit it to chimerize with symbols