decellularize

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From de- +‎ cellular +‎ -ize.

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decellularize (third-person singular simple present decellularizes, present participle decellularizing, simple past and past participle decellularized)

  1. (medicine) To remove cells or cellular material from (such as from an organ or tissue)
    • 2000, Steven Goldstein, Kirby S. Black, Tissue decellularization[1], US Patent [2]:
      The method comprises contacting the tissue to be decellularized with a hypotonic solution under conditions such that cell lysis occurs, and subsequently subjecting the tissue to nuclease treatment under conditions such that the tissue is rendered histologically acellular.
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