powderize
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Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
powderize (third-person singular simple present powderizes, present participle powderizing, simple past and past participle powderized)
- (transitive) To reduce to powder
- 2016 January 28, “Skeletal Characterization of Smurf2-Deficient Mice and In Vitro Analysis of Smurf2-Deficient Chondrocytes”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- 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.
- (intransitive) To be reduced to powder
Synonyms[edit]
- (reduce to powder): pulverize