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immortalizer

immortalizer

9.9
A substance that makes cells divide without stopping
  • noun
  • /ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪzər/
  • Specialized
: inmortalizador
  • Adding an immortalizer allowed the researchers to maintain the cell line for many generations.

Examples

  • Without an immortalizer, the cells would eventually stop dividing and die out.

  • The scientist introduced an immortalizer to the cell culture to study continuous cell division.

  • The new immortalizer allows cells to replicate endlessly.

  • Scientists are testing a powerful immortalizer for stem cells.

  • The scientist introduced an immortalizer to the cell culture to study continuous cell division.

  • Adding an immortalizer allowed the researchers to maintain the cell line for many generations.

  • Without an immortalizer, the cells would eventually stop dividing and die out.

Synonyms

telomerase
vsimmortalizer
  • Specialized
2 9.7

An enzyme that adds protective ends to chromosomes after cells divide

is used to enable indefinite cell division rather than only restoring chromosome ends

Surface Forms

immortalizer singular
immortalizers plural

Morphology

immortalizer = immortalize (semi-transparent) = im + mortal + ize + er

Morphologically clear (agentive from 'immortalize'), but the biological application to cells is specialized technical usage.

Etymology

Immortalizer comes from immortal ('not dying') and in science it names a substance that helps cells 'not die', so scientists call agents that let cells keep dividing for a long time 'immortalizers'.