trichinize

American

[trik-uh-nahyz] / ˈtrɪk əˌnaɪz /

especially British, trichinise

verb (used with object)

Pathology.

trichinized, trichinizing

to infect with trichinae.

trichinize British

/ ˈtrɪkɪˌnaɪz /

verb

(tr) to infest (an organism) with trichinae

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Other Word Forms

trichinization noun

Etymology

Origin of trichinize

First recorded in 1860–65; trichin(a) + -ize

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