lysogenic

[ lahy-suh-jen-ik ]

adjective

, Microbiology.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lysogenic¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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