English Explanatory Dictionary

avianize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To attenuate (something such as a virus, for example for use in a vaccine) by repeatedly culturing it in bird embryos.
  2. To make avian; to make bird-like or into a bird.

Word forms

avianize avianizes avianizing avianized

Etymology

From avian + -ize.

Related words

lapinize

Translations

French: avianiser
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