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deflagellated

deflagellated adjective: having had the flagella removed.

Adjective

deflagellated (not comparable)

  1. Having had the flagella removed.
    • In comparison to the highly flagellated WT, we observed a primarily deflagellated phenotype (Fig 5A left and middle panels).2015 August 13, “Characterization of Novel Factors Involved in Swimming and Swarming Motility in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of deflagellated

From de- + flagellated.

Questions about deflagellated

What does deflagellated mean?
Deflagellated means having had the flagella removed.
What part of speech is deflagellated?
Deflagellated is an adjective.

Words near deflagellated in the dictionary

  1. defixed
  2. defixes
  3. defixing
  4. deflagatory
  5. deflagellate
  6. deflagellated
  7. deflagellation
  8. deflagellations
  9. deflagrability
  10. deflagrable
  11. deflagrant

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