(biology, medicine, immunology) A hypersensitivity reaction to a self-antigen (any biomolecule of one's own body, usually a particular protein thereof). Often it does not occur until somehow triggered by an exogenous immune challenge (such as an infection), but once triggered it becomes its own ongoing molecular process that is independent of that stimulus.
characterizations
characterizations
noun
plural of characterization
compartmentalizes
compartmentalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compartmentalize
constitutionalize
constitutionalize
verb
To incorporate into a constitution
To make constitutional
To provide with a constitution
copolymerizations
copolymerizations
noun
plural of copolymerization
crossfertilizable
decentralizations
decentralizations
noun
plural of decentralization
decrystallization
decrystallization
noun
The breakdown of a solid, crystalline structure.
The removal of crystals from a liquid
demasculinization
demasculinization
noun
(biology) The suppression of a male-orientated function by repressing male hormones
The removal of the testicles
depersonalization
depersonalization
noun
(psychiatry) A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion.
(psychology) The loss of one's sense of personal identity.
The act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized.
dephosphorization
dephosphorization
noun
(chemistry) The act of freeing from phosphorus.
dephysicalization
dephysicalization
noun
The act, process, or result of dephysicalizing.
editorializations
editorializations
noun
plural of editorialization
hypophysectomized
hypophysectomized
adj
Subjected to hypophysectomy
hyposensitization
hyposensitization
noun
(medicine) A form of immunotherapy in which the patient is vaccinated with progressively larger doses of an allergen to which they have been diagnosed as being sensitive.
impersonalization
impersonalization
noun
The process of making something impersonal.
insensibilization
institutionalized
institutionalized
adj
Having been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum.
Having been established as an institution.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of institutionalize
institutionalizes
institutionalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of institutionalize
insurrectionizing
insurrectionizing
verb
present participle of insurrectionize
internationalizes
internationalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of internationalize
mischaracterizing
mischaracterizing
verb
present participle of mischaracterize
noncrystallizable
noncrystallizable
adj
Not crystallizable.
nonindustrialized
nonindustrialized
adj
Not industrialized.
overindustrialize
overindustrialize
verb
(transitive) To industrialize to an excessive degree.
overphilosophized
overpsychologized
overpsychologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpsychologize
oversystematizing
oversystematizing
verb
present participle of oversystematize
parameterizations
parameterizations
noun
plural of parameterization
photosynthesizing
photosynthesizing
adj
That performs photosynthesis.
verb
present participle of photosynthesize
postfertilization
postfertilization
adj
After fertilization.
postzygapophyseal
postzygapophyseal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the postzygapophysis
professionalizing
professionalizing
verb
present participle of professionalize
recrystallization
recrystallization
noun
(chemistry) a technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals
(geology) The process of existing grains in metamorphic rocks changing size.
(metallurgy) the growth of grain fragments in an alloy, especially when it is worked by cold rolling
rehospitalization
rehospitalization
noun
The process of being hospitalized again.
reindustrializing
reindustrializing
verb
present participle of reindustrialize
reorganizationist
repersonalization
repersonalization
noun
(psychology, psychiatry) The regaining of the sense of self regarding one's mind or body; the cessation of depersonalization.
rephosphorization
restandardization
restandardization
noun
A second or subsequent standardization, sometimes to a new standard
resynchronization
resynchronization
noun
A second or subsequent synchronization.
scheuchzeriaceous
schizogenetically
schizogenetically
adv
In a schizogenous manner; by means of schizogeny.
schizogregarinida
schizophrenically
schizophrenically
adv
In a schizophrenic manner.
selfhypnotization
semifictionalized
semifictionalized
adj
Partly fictionalized.
subgelatinization
subhorizontalness
subspecialization
subspecialization
noun
The further specialization of something already specialized.
subterraneanizing
supercanonization
supercivilization
supercivilization
noun
A very advanced civilization that includes an interstellar presence
supernaturalizing
supernaturalizing
verb
present participle of supernaturalize
superorganization
superspecializing
supersulphurizing
transcendentalize
transcendentalize
verb
(transitive) To make transcendental.
transcendentalizm
unsentimentalized
unsentimentalized
adj
Not sentimentalized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unsentimentalize