Medical Dictionary
focalize
verb fo·cal·ize
fo·cal·ized or British fo·cal·isedfo·cal·iz·ing or British fo·cal·is·ing
Medical Definition of FOCALIZE
transitive verb
: to confine to a limited area <the ability to focalize a coccidioidal infection—Journal of the American Medical Association>
intransitive verb
: to become confined to a limited area <pullorum disease commonly focalizes in the adult bird's ovary>
—fo·cal·iza·tion or British fo·cal·isa·tion \ˌfō-kə-lə-ˈzā-shən\ noun
Variants of FOCALIZE
fo·cal·ize or British fo·cal·ise \ˈfō-kə-ˌlīz\
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