Chocolatize

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To heat (a substance containing blood) slowly until the red blood cells lyse, producing a brown, chocolate-like color. transitive

    "Due to difficulty culturing the WY-A2 strain in MMH broth, cysteine heart agar with 9% chocolatized sheep blood (CHAB) was used under identical incubation settings as the strains above."

  2. 2
    To add chocolate to. informal, transitive

    "But this rush to chocolatize anything edible hurts the psyche of bona-fide chocolate lovers who know that chocolate's true mission is not to complement other foods but to be the focus."

  3. 3
    To indulge by eating chocolate. informal

    "CHOCOLATIZE your senses."

Example

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"Due to difficulty culturing the WY-A2 strain in MMH broth, cysteine heart agar with 9% chocolatized sheep blood (CHAB) was used under identical incubation settings as the strains above."

Etymology

From chocolate + -ize.

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