HYBRIDISE

crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed

(verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; “cross a horse and a donkey”; “Mendel tried crossbreeding”; “these species do not interbreed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

hybridise (third-person singular simple present hybridises, present participle hybridising, simple past and past participle hybridised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of hybridize.

Source: Wiktionary



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25 November 2024

ONCHOCERCIASIS

(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America


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