IMMOBILIZING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immobilizing mean? 

• IMMOBILIZING (noun)
  The noun IMMOBILIZING has 1 sense:

1. the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement

  Familiarity information: IMMOBILIZING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMOBILIZING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

immobilisation; immobilization; immobilizing

Context example:

the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team

Hypernyms ("immobilizing" is a kind of...):

restraint (the act of controlling by restraining someone or something)

Derivation:

immobilize (cause to be unable to move)

immobilize (to hold fast or prevent from moving)

 Context examples 

The act of immobilizing one or more detection agents to a solid-phase support for an in vitro diagnostic device.

(Coating of Solid Phase with Antigen, Antibody, or Nucleic Acid for in Vitro Diagnostics Device, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, it has been postulated that EGCG may trap growth factors such platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) on cell membranes, immobilizing growth factors on cell membranes and preventing ligand-receptor crosslinking and growth factor receptor activation.

(Defined Green Tea Catechin Extract, NCI Thesaurus)