gen|er|al|ized

gen|er|al|ized
gen|er|al|ized «JEHN uhr uh lyzd, JEHN ruh-», adjective.
1. Biology. representing a broad or general type of form or function; undifferentiated: »

Man's brains, hands, and eyes…are generalized features, even though they have developed enormously in complexity (Beals and Hoijer).

2. Medicine. affecting many or all parts of the body: »

a generalized disease.


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  • gen´er|al|iz´er — gen|er|al|ize «JEHN uhr uh lyz, JEHN ruh », verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to make into one general statement; bring under a common heading, class, or law. 2. to infer (a general rule) from particular facts: »Knowledge experience generalized (John… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gen|er|al|ize — «JEHN uhr uh lyz, JEHN ruh », verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to make into one general statement; bring under a common heading, class, or law. 2. to infer (a general rule) from particular facts: »Knowledge experience generalized (John Stuart Mill).… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gen|ial|ize — «JEEN yuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make genial …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|hy|dro|gen|ize — «dee HY druh juh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. = dehydrogenate. (Cf. ↑dehydrogenate) …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|ox|y|gen|ize — «dee OK suh juh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. = deoxygenate. (Cf. ↑deoxygenate) …   Useful english dictionary

  • hy|dro|gen|ize — «HY druh juh nyz, hy DROJ uh », transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. = hydrogenate. (Cf. ↑hydrogenate) …   Useful english dictionary

  • mu|ta|gen|ize — «MYOO tuh juh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to induce mutation in: »Their approach was systematically to make individual tests on each of several hundreds of colonies from a heavily mutagenized stock of E. coli. This technique had already… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ni|tro|gen|ize — «NY truh juh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to combine with nitrogen or one of its compounds …   Useful english dictionary

  • ox|y|gen|ize — «OK suh juh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to treat with oxygen; combine with oxygen; oxygenate …   Useful english dictionary

  • roent|gen|ize — «REHNT guh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to expose to the action of X rays or gamma rays. Also, röntgenize …   Useful english dictionary

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