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hy•brid•ize
(hī′bri dīz′),USA pronunciation v., -ized, -iz•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
hy′brid•iz′a•ble, adj.
hy′brid•i•za′tion, n.
hy′brid•ist, hy′brid•iz′er, n.
v.t.
- Geneticsto cause to produce hybrids;
cross. - Geneticsto breed or cause the production of (a hybrid).
- Geneticsto form in a hybrid manner.
v.i.
- Geneticsto produce hybrids.
- Geneticsto cause the production of hybrids by crossing.
- Geneticsto form a double-stranded nucleic acid of two single strands of DNA or RNA, or one of each, by allowing the base pairs of the separate strands to form complementary bonds.
- Geneticsto fuse two cells of different genotypes into a hybrid cell.
- hybrid + -ize 1835–45
hy′brid•i•za′tion, n.
hy′brid•ist, hy′brid•iz′er, n.
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