Meanings
present singular third person powderizes · participle present powderizing · participle past powderized · past powderized
- transitiveTo reduce to powder
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.
2016 January 28, “Skeletal Characterization of Smurf2-Deficient Mice and In Vitro Analysis of Smurf2-Deficient Chondrocytes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOISynonyms: pulverize
- intransitiveTo be reduced to powder
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo reduce to powder
More synonyms by meaning
verbmake into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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