chimerize

English

Verb

chimerize (third-person singular simple present chimerizes, present participle chimerizing, simple past and past participle chimerized)

1. to turn into a chimera
   • 1989, New horizons of tumor immunotherapy: proceedings of the International Symposium on New Horizons of Tumor Immunotherapy, held in Fukuoka, Japan, 30 November-2 December 1988‎^[1], page 352:

     The homologous recombination technique has some advantages, such as the ability to quickly chimerize a mouse MAb.

   • 2003, Human Embryonic Stem Cells‎^[2], page 68:

     Nevertheless, even ES cells, if cultured under less than optimal conditions, frequently acquire subtle changes that limit their ability to chimerize embryos and particularly to chimerize the germ line.

   • 2011, Chimeras and Consciousness: Evolution of the Sensory Self‎^[3], page 233:

     it took enlarged brains with prolonged development, in bodies able to easily communicate with others, before brains could exploit it to chimerize with symbols

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