Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
vi·su·al·ize Variant:
also British vi·su·al·ise /'vizh-(&-)w&-"lIz, 'vizh-&-"lIz/ Function:
transitive verb Inflected Forms:
-ized also British -ised;
-iz·ing also British -is·ing : to make visible: as
a : to see or form a mental image of
b : to make (an organ) visible by radiographic visualization <
visualize the gallbladder>
c : toprepare (as an organism or tissue) for microscopic examination especially by staining