Definition of "polymerizes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of polymerize. (verb)

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• "It also polymerizes the tissue, helping to maintain its texture, structure and color."
• "He isolated the first enzyme, which polymerizes the DNA, known as DNA polymerase."
• "While we can trace the evolution of many of the various parts, (by virture of their sequence and structural similarity to other known genes which function singly or in known simpler associations, such as the pore forming portion, the ATPase, the protein that polymerizes the subunits etc …), we do not know of an older structure that uses most of the parts together."