Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
stan·dard·ize Variant:
also British stan·dard·ise /'stan-d&rd-"Iz/ Function:
transitive verb InflectedForms:
-ized also British -ised;
-iz·ing also British -is·ing 1 : to reduce to or compare with a standard<
standardize a solution>
2 : to bring into conformity with a standard
3 : to arrange or order the component items of a test (as of intelligence orpersonality) so that the probability of their eliciting a designated class of response varies with some quantifiable psychological or behavioral attribute, function, or characteristic —
stan·dard·iza·tion also British stan·dard·isa·tion /"stan-d&rd-&-'zA-sh&n/ noun