Medical Dictionary
carbonize
verb car·bon·ize
car·bon·ized or British car·bon·isedcar·bon·iz·ing or British car·bon·is·ing
Medical Definition of CARBONIZE
transitive verb
: to convert into carbon or a carbonic residue
intransitive verb
: to become carbonized or charred
—car·bon·iza·tion or British car·bon·isa·tion \ˌkär-bə-nə-ˈzā-shən\ noun
Variants of CARBONIZE
car·bon·ize or British car·bon·ise \ˈkär-bə-ˌnīz\
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