English edit

Etymology edit

centrifugal +‎ -ize

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sɛnˈtɹɪfjəɡəlaɪz/

Verb edit

centrifugalize (third-person singular simple present centrifugalizes, present participle centrifugalizing, simple past and past participle centrifugalized)

  1. Synonym of centrifugate
    • 1914, Paul Ehrlich, “General Address on Chemio-Therapy”, in Pacific Medical Journal, volume 57, page 355:
      [] and if one then centrifugalizes and then draws off the liquid; if one washes the remaining spirochaetes again in a mixture of serum and again centrifugalizes it; then one obtains in both tubes a deposit of spirochaetes which on microscopic examination shows the same properties, i. e. equally good mobility of the spirochaetes.