capacitate
verb (used with object)
to make capable; enable.
capacitation
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a word derived from
capacitate.
Example Sentences
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Using the method, the team focused on sperms with defective capacitation, a process through which sperms become capable of fertilizing an egg.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
There’s just something about a failed car that ends up saving the future, where all the rules are in a state of flux capacitation.
From The Verge ● Oct. 21, 2015
If they reach the oocyte before capacitation is complete, they will be unable to penetrate the oocyte’s thick outer layer of cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
During the journey, fluids in the female reproductive tract prepare the sperm for fertilization through a process called capacitation, or priming.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The mysterious and supernatural birth, therefore, was essential, as a capacitation for the work to be performed; and, on the other hand, the mysterious death and consequences were essential, as the very work itself.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey
