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depolymerize

American

[dee-puh-lim-uh-rahyz, dee-pol-uh-muh-] / ˌdi pəˈlɪm əˌraɪz, diˈpɒl ə mə- /

especially British, depolymerise

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.

depolymerized, depolymerizing

to break down (apolymer ) into monomers.

depolymerize British

/ diːˈpɒlɪməˌraɪz /

verb

to break (a polymer) into constituent monomers or (of a polymer) to decompose in this way

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Other Word Forms

depolymerization

noun

Etymology

Origin of depolymerize

First recorded in 1890–95; de- + polymerize

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depolymerized

The mitotic spindles are depolymerized into tubulin monomers that will be used to assemble cytoskeletal components for each daughter cell.

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