acellularize

English

Etymology

From acellular +‎ -ize.

Verb

acellularize (third-person singular simple present acellularizes, present participle acellularizing, simple past and past participle acellularized)

1. (uncommon) To make acellular by the removal of cells.
   • 2002, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents, pages 1815 and 31:

     US 6,448,076 B2
     METHOD FOR CHEMICALLY ACELLULARIZING A BIOLOGICAL TISSUE SAMPLE
     Robert G. Dennis, Ann Arbor, Mich.; William M. Kuzon, Jr., Dexter, Mich., and Paul S. Cederna, Ann Arbor, Mich., assignors [...]
     The Regents of the Method for chemically acellularizing a biological tissue sample.

   • 2007, Journal of Korean Medical Science:

     Although many studies have been conducted and reported good results under these hypotheses, we wanted to improve the acellularizing processes, especially in the process of nuclease treating and the removal of phospholipids ...

   • 2013, Davor Solter, D. Beyleveld, M.B. Friele, J. Holówka, H. Lilie, R. Lovell-Badge, C. Mandla, U. Martin, R. Pardo Avellaneda, Embryo Research in Pluralistic Europe, →ISBN, page 81:

     Some groups have attempted to use animal tissues to produce suitable matrices (Steinhoff et al. 2000). Different technologies have been developed to acellularize these tissues.