hostilise
Hostilise is a neologism used in speculative discourse to describe the process by which a host—an organism, system, or other structure—is transformed to accommodate or integrate an external agent such as a parasitic organism, a symbiont, a neural interface, or a cultural influence. The term is not part of standard biology, cognitive science, or linguistics, and there is no official definition in peer‑reviewed literature.
Etymology: The coinage appears to combine the word host with the suffix -ilise, drawn from the English
Applications and interpretations: In biological fiction, hostilise may describe cellular or physiological modifications that enable a
Reception and critique: Because it lacks standard usage, hostilise is most often encountered in fiction, speculative
See also: parasitism, symbiosis, brain‑computer interface, consciousness transfer, cultural diffusion.