trifunctionalize

verb

To make trifunctional.

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Meanings

verbtrifunctionalize (third-person singular simple present trifunctionalizes, present participle trifunctionalizing, simple past and past participle trifunctionalized)

present singular third person trifunctionalizes · participle present trifunctionalizing · participle past trifunctionalized · past trifunctionalized

  1. chemistryTo make trifunctional.

    Next, we investigated how the EGFR-targeted trifunctionalized nanoengagers improve NK cell cytotoxicity against the firefly luciferase–expressing HT29 cells (HT29-Luc2).

    2020 July 3, Kin Man Au, Steven I. Park, Andrew Z. Wang, “Trispecific natural killer cell nanoengagers for targeted chemoimmunotherapy”, in Science Advances, volume 6, number 27, →DOI, page 4

Origin

From trifunctional + -ize.

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