English Explanatory Dictionary

lapinize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To attenuate a virus, such that it can be used to make a vaccine, by passage through rabbits.

Word forms

lapinize lapinizes lapinizing lapinized

Etymology

From French lapiniser, apparently attested in French since c. 1910.

Related words

avianize
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