avianise

• Verbe désuet signifiant donner à quelque chose des qualités ou une forme aviaire, ou devenir semblable à un oiseau.

An obsolete verb meaning to give a bird-like quality or form to something, or to become like a bird.

1. Modify by chick embryo cultureC2formalscientific

   To attenuate or modify a microorganism, such as a virus, through repeated cultivation in a developing chick embryo, often to create a vaccine strain.

   atténuer par passages sur œuf embryonné

   • The researchers avianised the virus to produce a live attenuated vaccine.
   • The process of avianising the pathogen took several months.
   • They successfully avianised the bacteria for experimental purposes.