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lysogeny
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Noun lysogeny has 1 sense
- lysogeny(n = noun.state) lysogenicity - the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material; "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny" is a kind of condition
Derived form adjective lysogenic1
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