mobilize

mo·bi·lize

(mō'bi-līz),

1. To liberate material stored in the body; more specifically, to move a substance from tissue stores into the bloodstream.

2. To excite quiescent material to physiologic activity.

[Fr. mobiliser, to liberate, make ready, fr. L. mobilis, movable]

mobilize

(mō′bə-līz′)

v. mobi·lized, mobi·lizing, mobi·lizes

v.tr.

To release or make available, as cells or chemical substances: hormones that mobilize calcium from bones.

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mo′bi·li·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

mobilize

(mō′bĭl-īz)

1. To incite to physiological action.

2. To render movable; to put in movement.