replicative
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of replicative
Example Sentences
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As a result of this type of replicative cycle, appearances of cold sores outbreaks only occur intermittently, even though the viruses remain in the nervous tissue for life.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Cryo-EM structures of the eukaryotic replicative helicase bound to a translocation substrate.
From Nature ● Feb. 27, 2018
It is a replicative vaccine; the virus in it generates a low-grade infection that provokes the immune system to pump out antibodies against Ebola.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 17, 2014
The cytotoxic T cell response, though, is key, as it eventually overwhelms the virus and kills infected cells before the virus can complete its replicative cycle.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
It projects the abstract models of natural evolution into culture, focusing on replicative processes for the production of phenomena such as ideas, behavioral rules, ways of thinking, beliefs, and norms.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
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