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transfect

American  
[trans-fekt] / trænsˈfɛkt /

verb (used with object)

Microbiology.

  1. to cause transfection in (a cell).

transfect British  
/ trænsˈfɛkt /

verb

  1. (tr) to bring about transfection in

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Etymology

Origin of transfect

First recorded in 1964; trans- + (in)fect

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