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(hī′bri dīz′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb hybridized, hybridizing

to produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed

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hybridization noun
hybridizer noun

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intr. & tr.v. hy·brid·ized, hy·brid·iz·ing, hy·brid·iz·es

To produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed.
To form base pairs between complementary regions of (two strands of DNA that were not originally paired).

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hyˌbrid·i·zaˈtion (-brĭ-dĭ-zāshən) noun

hyˈbrid·izˌer noun

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