Medical Dictionary
hybridize
verb hy·brid·ize
hy·brid·ized also British hy·brid·isedhy·brid·iz·ing also British hy·brid·is·ing
Medical Definition of HYBRIDIZE
transitive verb
: to cause to interbreed or combine so as to produce hybrids <hybridize two species> <fuse and hybridize somatic cells of two different species> <hybridize two DNAs>
intransitive verb
: to produce hybrids
—hy·brid·iza·tion also British hy·brid·isa·tion \ˌhī-brəd-ə-ˈzā-shən\ noun
—hy·brid·iz·er also British hy·brid·is·er noun
Variants of HYBRIDIZE
hy·brid·ize also British hy·brid·ise \ˈhī-brə-ˌdīz\
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