lapinize

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verb

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

OriginFrench lapiniser →
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Meanings

verblapinize (third-person singular simple present lapinizes, present participle lapinizing, simple past and past participle lapinized)

present singular third person lapinizes · participle present lapinizing · participle past lapinized · past lapinized

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

Origin

  1. Frenchlapiniser
  2. Englishlapinize

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

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Translations

French lapiniser
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APA

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MLA

“lapinize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapinize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lapinize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapinize.

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