chimerize

chimerize (third-person singular simple present chimerizes, present participle chimerizing, simple past and past participle chimerized)

1. to turn into a chimera
   • 1989 New horizons of tumor immunotherapy: proceedings of the International Symposium on New Horizons of Tumor Immunotherapy, held in Fukuoka, Japan, 30 November-2 December 1988 page 352

     The homologous recombination technique has some advantages, such as the ability to quickly chimerize a mouse MAb.

   • 2003 Human Embryonic Stem Cells page 68

     Nevertheless, even ES cells, if cultured under less than optimal conditions, frequently acquire subtle changes that limit their ability to chimerize embryos and particularly to chimerize the germ line.

   • 2011 Chimeras and Consciousness: Evolution of the Sensory Self page 233

     it took enlarged brains with prolonged development, in bodies able to easily communicate with others, before brains could exploit it to chimerize with symbols

• chimerization