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pathoadaptive

pathoadaptive adjective: having or relating to an adaptive pathogenicity.

Adjective

pathoadaptive (not comparable)

  1. Having or relating to an adaptive pathogenicity
    • Cadaverine and acetylspermidine were not detected since they are absent in Shigella due to the pathoadaptive silencing of the cad and speG genes [19 ].2015 August 28, “Multifactor Regulation of the MdtJI Polyamine Transporter in Shigella”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of pathoadaptive

From patho- + adaptive.

Questions about pathoadaptive

What does pathoadaptive mean?
Pathoadaptive means having or relating to an adaptive pathogenicity.
What part of speech is pathoadaptive?
Pathoadaptive is an adjective.

Words near pathoadaptive in the dictionary

  1. pathoadaptation
  2. pathoadaptations
  3. pathoadaptative
  4. pathoadapted
  5. pathoadaption
  6. pathoadaptive
  7. pathoanatomic
  8. pathoanatomical
  9. pathoanatomically
  10. pathoanatomist
  11. pathoanatomists

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