lapinize

English

Etymology

From French lapiniser, apparently attested in French since c. 1910.

Verb

lapinize (third-person singular simple present lapinizes, present participle lapinizing, simple past and past participle lapinized)

  1. To attenuate a virus, such that it can be used to make a vaccine, by passage through rabbits.

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