chimerize

present singular third person chimerizes · participle present chimerizing · participle past chimerized · past chimerized

1. to turn into a chimera

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

   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, page 352

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   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.

   2003, Human Embryonic Stem Cells, page 68

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

   2011, Chimeras and Consciousness: Evolution of the Sensory Self, page 233