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avianize

transitive verb avi·an·ize

variants: or British avianise play \ˈā-vē-ə-ˌnīz\

medical Definition of avianize

avianized or British avianised; avianizing or British avianising

: to modify or attenuate (as a virus) by repeated culture in a developing chick embryo

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