Definition of juvenilize in English:
juvenilize
(British juvenilise)
verb ˈdʒuːvənɪlʌɪzˈjo͞ovənlˌīz
[with object]1Make or keep young or youthful; arrest the development of.
his mother juvenilized him by keeping him dependent on her
Example sentencesExamples
- Feminised or juvenilised Japanese faces were created by morphing between average male and female adult faces or between average male (female) adult and boy (girl) faces.
- The existence of juvenilizing factors in insects that prevent metamorphosis to the adult stage was first demonstrated in Rhodnius prolixus by Wigglesworth and later by Williams as well as others.
- Ours is a society, Mintz explains, that isolates and juvenilizes young people more than ever before; they spend much less time with adults who can model and explain the ‘realities’ to them.
- There is some evidence that MF may have a role in larval development by acting as a hormone that retards development (a juvenilizing factor).
- Our Triops data seem to supports Laufer and colleagues initial ideas that MF may act as a juvenilizing agent in Crustacea.
- Ultimately, the book is condescending and juvenilizing.
- Retinoic acid, a retinoid known to regulate vertebrate morphogenesis, has also been found by Nemec et al. to have juvenilizing effects on developing insects and to stimulate vitellogenesis and egg deposition.
- 1.1as adjective juvenilizedEntomology (of an insect or part of one) having a juvenile appearance or physiology; showing arrested or reversed development.
Example sentencesExamples
- This resulted in 86% and 92% pupae, respectively, juvenilized to such an extent that eventually no offspring could be produced.
- In rare cases (0.8%), it developed into a juvenilized pupa.