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photoinject

photoinject verb: to introduce (a nucleic acid) into a cell by means of light.

Verb

photoinject (third-person singular simple present photoinjects, present participle photoinjecting, simple past and past participle photoinjected)

  1. (transitive) To introduce (a nucleic acid) into a cell by means of light.

Forms of photoinject

third-person singular presentphotoinjects
present participlephotoinjecting
past participlephotoinjected
pastphotoinjected

Origin of photoinject

From photo- + inject.

Questions about photoinject

What does photoinject mean?
Photoinject means to introduce (a nucleic acid) into a cell by means of light.
What part of speech is photoinject?
Photoinject is a verb.
What is the past tense of photoinject?
The past tense of photoinject is photoinjected.

Words near photoinject in the dictionary

  1. photoinitiation
  2. photoinitiations
  3. photoinitiatior
  4. photoinitiator
  5. photoinitiators
  6. photoinject
  7. photoinjected
  8. photoinjecting
  9. photoinjector
  10. photoinjectors
  11. photoinsecticidal

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