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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
fluidize .
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This "fluidizes" the normally solid seafloor in a small region surrounding their shells, so that it flows like a fluid.
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This "fluidizes" the normally solid seafloor in a small region surrounding their shells, so that it flows like a fluid.
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Rather than stiffening, solidifying, and increasing traction forces above prestretch baseline values, as would be predicted from a reinforcement response, in most physiological circumstances the human airway smooth muscle cell promptly softens, fluidizes, and decreases traction force, with subsequent slow recoveries that approach but never exceed baseline values.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ramaswamy Krishnan et al. 2009
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