HUMANIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does humanization mean? 

• HUMANIZATION (noun)
  The noun HUMANIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of making more human

  Familiarity information: HUMANIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMANIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making more human

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

humanisation; humanization

Hypernyms ("humanization" is a kind of...):

improvement (the act of improving something)

Derivation:

humanize (make more humane)

 Context examples 

De-immunization involves the modification of potential helper T cell epitopes that bind to MHC class II molecules; humanization involves combining recombinant murine variable (V) regions with human immunoglobulin light and heavy chain constant regions.

(DI-Leu16-IL2 Immunocytokine, NCI Thesaurus)