powderize

English

Etymology

powder +‎ -ize

Verb

powderize (third-person singular simple present powderizes, present participle powderizing, simple past and past participle powderized)

1. (transitive) To reduce to powder
   • 2016 January 28, “Skeletal Characterization of Smurf2-Deficient Mice and In Vitro Analysis of Smurf2-Deficient Chondrocytes”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The spleen was harvested as a control where Smurf2 is known to be highly expressed in the WT. All specimens were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen, powderized using a mortar and pestle, and stored at -80°C until time for protein or RNA isolation.

2. (intransitive) To be reduced to powder

Synonyms

• (reduce to powder): pulverize

Related terms

• powderization