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LYSOGENY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lysogeny mean?
• LYSOGENY (noun)
The noun LYSOGENY has 1 sense:
1. the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material
Familiarity information: LYSOGENY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
lysogenicity; lysogeny
Context example:
when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny
Hypernyms ("lysogeny" is a kind of...):
condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)
Derivation:
lysogenic (of or relating to lysogeny)
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