LYSOGENIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lysogenization mean? 

• LYSOGENIZATION (noun)
  The noun LYSOGENIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome

  Familiarity information: LYSOGENIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYSOGENIZATION (noun)

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Meaning:

The process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

lysogenisation; lysogenization

Hypernyms ("lysogenization" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Derivation:

lysogenize (become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium))