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lysogeny

[lahy-soj-uh-nee]
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noun Microbiology.
  1. the state of being lysogenic.
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Origin of lysogeny

First recorded in 1955–60; lyso(genic) + -geny
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British Dictionary definitions for lysogeny

lysogeny

noun
  1. the biological process in which a bacterium is infected by a bacteriophage that integrates its DNA into that of the host such that the host is not destroyed
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Derived Formslysogenic (ˌlaɪsəʊˈdʒɛnɪk), adjective
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lysogeny in Medicine

lysogeny

(lī-sŏj′ə-nē)
n.
  1. The fusion of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage with that of a host bacterium so that the potential exists for the newly integrated genetic material to be transmitted to daughter cells at each subsequent cell division.
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