Centrifugalize

//sɛnˈtɹɪfjəɡəlaɪz// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Synonym of centrifugate.

    "[…] and if one then centrifugalizes and then draws off the liquid; if one washes the remaining spirochaetes again in a mixture of serum and again centrifugalizes it; then one obtains in both tubes a deposit of spirochaetes which on microscopic examination shows the same properties, i. e. equally good mobility of the spirochaetes."

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"[…] and if one then centrifugalizes and then draws off the liquid; if one washes the remaining spirochaetes again in a mixture of serum and again centrifugalizes it; then one obtains in both tubes a deposit of spirochaetes which on microscopic examination shows the same properties, i. e. equally good mobility of the spirochaetes."

Etymology

From centrifugal + -ize.

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