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HOMOGENIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homogenized mean? 

HOMOGENIZED (adjective)
  The adjective HOMOGENIZED has 2 senses:

1. formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substanceplay

2. made homogeneousplay

  Familiarity information: HOMOGENIZED used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOMOGENIZED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance

Synonyms:

homogenised; homogenized

Similar:

blended (combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Made homogeneous

Synonyms:

homogenised; homogenized

Similar:

homogeneous; homogenous (all of the same or similar kind or nature)


 Context examples 


An autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that is produced experimentally in animals by the injection of homogenized brain or spinal cord in Freund's adjuvant.

(Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis, NCI Thesaurus)



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