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to avianize

to avianize

9.9
To change a virus by growing it many times in chicken eggs for study or making vaccines
  • verb
  • /ˈeɪviəˌnaɪz/
  • Specialized
: avianizar
  • Researchers are currently avianizing the pathogen by culturing it in chick embryos.

Examples

  • Scientists often avianize viruses before preparing vaccines for poultry.

  • The influenza strain was avianized to facilitate further research in the lab.

  • Researchers aim to avianize the virus for vaccine development.

  • The team has avianized several strains successfully.

  • Researchers are currently avianizing the pathogen by culturing it in chick embryos.

  • Scientists often avianize viruses before preparing vaccines for poultry.

  • The influenza strain was avianized to facilitate further research in the lab.

How Modified

to avianize
  • Specialized
9.9
to engineer
170 4.1
to modify
229 3.2
tweak
35 3.9

Surface Forms

avianize infinitive
avianized past
avianized past participle
avianizing present participle
avianizes third person singular

Morphology

avianize = avian (transparent) = avian + ize

The verb is a straightforward formation from 'avian' + the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' meaning 'make or render avian'.

Etymology

The word avianize comes from avian ('bird') and the ending -ize ('to make'), so it means to 'make bird-like'. In science, that image helps: to avianize a microbe is to grow or adapt it in chick embryos so it becomes suited for study or for making vaccines.