Cellularize vs Decellularize - What's the difference?
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(medicine) To remove cells or cellular material from (such as from an organ or tissue)
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Cellularize is a related term of decellularize.
As verbs the difference between cellularize and decellularize
is that cellularize is to separate into distinct cells while decellularize is (medicine) to remove cells or cellular material from (such as from an organ or tissue).decellularize
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Alternative forms
*decellularise *de-cellularize *de-cellulariseVerb
(decellulariz)citation