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词汇 devitalize
释义 devitalize
verb[ Tusually passive ]
(UK usuallydevitalise)uk /ˌdiːˈvaɪ.təl.aɪz/ us /ˌdiːˈvaɪ.t̬əl.aɪz/

devitalizeverb[T usually passive] (BODY TISSUE)


medical specialized
If body tissue is devitalized, it is weak or no longer living, for example because of disease or injury:
devitalize tissueThe wound is cleaned, and all dirt and loose devitalized tissue is removed.
Malignant cells are devitalized and killed by repeated cycles of cold application followed by thawing.
Devitalized skin, muscle and bone will be excised.
It was clear that amputation of the end of the devitalised finger was indicated.
Devitalized bone presents a collagen matrix to which bacteria can bind.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Weakness and vulnerability
Achilles heel
asthenia
at a low ebbidiom
atonic
atony
fragility
frail
glass jaw
helpless
helplessly
shakiness
shaky
sitting duck
sitting target
soft target
weakling
weakly
weakness
weedy
wetly

devitalizeverb[T usually passive] (FOOD)


If food is devitalized, it has been prepared or treated in a way that removes most or all of its nutrients (= natural substances that are needed for good health):
White bread and white rice have had their germ and bran removed and they are also devitalized and empty of vitamins and minerals.
During the last few generations, people have abandoned these foods for white bread, white sugar, and devitalized breakfast foods.
So much of what we eat consists of foods first devitalized by the factory.
The simple truth is that all manufactured and processed foods are devitalised foods.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Vitamins & minerals
ascorbic acid
B vitamin
bioflavonoid
biotin
carotene
multivitamin
niacin
Omega-3
retinol
riboflavin
vitamin
vitamin A
vitamin B1
vitamin B12
vitamin B complex
vitamin C
vitamin D
vitamin E
vitamin H
vitamin K

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Lacking things

devitalizeverb[T usually passive] (MAKE WEAK)


to make something weaker or to reduce its power, energy, or interest:
It is important to document musical sources in various ways, but without stifling and devitalising it.
They shake one's resolution, kill one's enthusiasm, devitalize one's faith and courage.
These cultures have been left arid and devitalized.
These communities were already socioculturally devitalized by war.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Becoming and making less strong
abate
abatement
adulterant
adulterate
adulterated
dull
ease
emasculation
enervate
enervating
enervatingly
fade
hedge
melt
relieve
totter
tottering
turn to jellyidiom
undimmed
unsubdued
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