haptenize

Verb

(third-person singular simple present haptenizes, present participle haptenizing, simple past and past participle haptenized)

(immunology) To react an antigenic compound (a hapten) with a carrier protein in order to stimulate an immune response.

Origin

hapten +‎ -ize

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