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devitalization

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de·vi·tal·ize  (d-vtl-z)
tr.v. de·vi·tal·ized, de·vi·tal·iz·ing, de·vi·tal·iz·es
To diminish or destroy the strength or vitality of.

de·vital·i·zation (--zshn) n.
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Noun1.devitalization - the act of reducing the vitality of something
reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease - the act of decreasing or reducing something
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devitalization
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The earliest events in calcification of bioprosthetic tissues are hypothesized to result from glutaraldehyde (GA) induced cellular devitalization, leading to disruption of cellular calcium regulation (3).
The latter half of the seventeenth century with Carlos II on the throne saw also the self-conscious Spanish recognition and a general European acknowledgment of Hapsburg devitalization, .
The second wound in the thoracic inlet could have resulted from devitalization of the skin from internal bruising from the bullet.
 
 
 
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