Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
crys·tal·lize Variants:
also crys·tal·ize also British crys·tal·lise or crys·tal·ise /'kris-t&-"lIz/ Function:
verb Inflected Forms:
-lized also -ized also British -lised or -ised;
-liz·ing also -iz·ing also British -lis·ing or -is·ing transitive senses : tocause to form crystals or assume crystalline form;
especially : to cause to form perfect or large crystals
crystallize intransitive senses : to becomecrystallized —often used with
out crystallized out> —crys·tal·liz·able /-"lI-z&-b&l/ adjective
[kris-tl-ahyz] 
verb, -lized, -liz⋅ing.
tlˌaɪz