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(ĭ-môr'tl-īz') pronunciation
tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
To make immortal.

immortalization im·mor'tal·i·za'tion (-ĭ-zā'shən) n.

or immortalisation

the transformation of a cell population with a finite life span to one possessing an infinite life span. It is a characteristic of cancer cells, and is of practical importance in, e.g., the creation of monoclonal antibodies. Immortalization of eukaryotic cells may be effected experimentally by infection with certain viruses, or by fusion of the cell with a neoplastic cell to form a hybridoma.
immortalize or immortalise vb.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forevige, gøre udødelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
vereeuwigen, onsterfelijk maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - immortaliser

Deutsch (German)
v. - unsterblich machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απαθανατίζω, καθιστώ αθάνατο

Italiano (Italian)
immortalare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - imortalizar

Русский (Russian)
увековечить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - inmortalizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - odödliggöra, föreviga

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使永恒, 使不朽, 使不灭

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使永恆, 使不朽, 使不滅

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 불멸하게 하다, ~에게 영원성을 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 不滅にする, 不朽の名声を与える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخلد, يجعله خالدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הנציח, נתן חיי עולם‬


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