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homoimmunity

homoimmunity noun: immunity of a bacterium to infection by a phage of the same kind as that carried in the prophage state.

Noun

homoimmunity (uncountable)

  1. immunity of a bacterium to infection by a phage of the same kind as that carried in the prophage state

Origin of homoimmunity

From homo- + immunity.

Questions about homoimmunity

What does homoimmunity mean?
Homoimmunity means immunity of a bacterium to infection by a phage of the same kind as that carried in the prophage state.
What part of speech is homoimmunity?
Homoimmunity is a noun.

Words near homoimmunity in the dictionary

  1. Homoians
  2. homoiconic
  3. homoiconicity
  4. homoimerous
  5. homoimmune
  6. homoimmunity
  7. homoing
  8. homointerface
  9. homointerfaces
  10. homoio-
  11. homoiochlorophyllous

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