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hy·brid·ize  audio  (hbr-dz) KEY 

intr. & tr.v.
hy·brid·ized, hy·brid·iz·ing, hy·brid·iz·es
  1. To produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed.
  2. To form base pairs between complementary regions of (two strands of DNA that were not originally paired).


OTHER FORMS:
hybrid·i·zation  (-br-d-zshn) KEY (Noun), hybrid·izer(Noun)


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