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EMULSIFY (emulsified)

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Irregular inflected form: emulsified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does emulsify mean? 

EMULSIFY (verb)
  The verb EMULSIFY has 2 senses:

1. cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsionplay

2. form into or become an emulsionplay

  Familiarity information: EMULSIFY used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EMULSIFY (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they emulsify  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it emulsifies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: emulsified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: emulsified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: emulsifying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "emulsify" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Cause:

emulsify (form into or become an emulsion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

demulsify (cause to demulsify)

Derivation:

emulsifier (a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion)

emulsion (a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin)

emulsion ((chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Form into or become an emulsion

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The solution emulsified

Hypernyms (to "emulsify" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

demulsify (break down into components)

Derivation:

emulsifier (a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion)

emulsion (a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin)

emulsion ((chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids)


 Context examples 


Cetyl alcohol is used as an emulsifying agent in pharmaceutical preparations.

(Cetyl Alcohol, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine consisting of an immunogenic peptide derived from the cancer-testis antigen (NY-ESO-1) and emulsified in the immunoadjuvant Montanide ISA-51 VG, with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

(NY-ESO-1 Protein Vaccine Plus Montanide ISA-51 VG, NCI Thesaurus)

A vaccine consisting of synthetic glycoprotein 100 (gp100) melanoma antigen and incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA), an emulsifying agent and immune system stimulant, with antineoplastic activity.

(gp100 Human Melanoma Peptide Vaccine with Incomplete Freund's Adjuvant, NCI Thesaurus)

A semi-solid composed of at least two immiscible liquids, one of which is dispersed as droplets within the other liquid, and stabilized with one or more emulsifying agents.

(Emulsion Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

Bile Secretion Inhibition consists of interference with, or restraint of, activities involved in release from the gallbladder into the duodenum of an emulsifying agent (bile) produced in the liver that contains bile acids and salts, cholesterol, and electrolytes and that aids digestion of fats.

(Bile Secretion Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)

Bile Secretion Induction involves initiation of activities involved in release from the gallbladder into the duodenum of an emulsifying agent (bile) produced in the liver that contains bile acids and salts, cholesterol, and electrolytes and that aids digestion of fats.

(Bile Secretion Induction, NCI Thesaurus)

A dosage form consisting of a two-phase system comprised of at least two immiscible liquids (1), one of which is dispersed as droplets (internal or dispersed phase) within the other liquid (external or continuous phase), generally stabilized with one or more emulsifying agents.

(Emulsion Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Upon subcutaneous vaccination, the NY-ESO-1 protein vaccine emulsified in Montanide ISA-51 VG may stimulate the host immune system to mount a humoral and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against tumor cells expressing the NY-ESO-1 antigen, resulting in tumor cell lysis.

(NY-ESO-1 Protein Vaccine Plus Montanide ISA-51 VG, NCI Thesaurus)



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