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lysogenic

[ lahy-suh-jen-ik ]

adjective

, Microbiology.
  1. harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lysogenic1

1895–1900; lyso- (representing lysis ) + -genic
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Example Sentences

The first of these, lysogenic or bacteriolytic action, consists in (a) Lysogenic action.

Of these the most important are (a) bacteriolytic or lysogenic action, (b) agglutinative action, and (c) opsonic action.

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