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reassortment

reassortment noun: the act or result of arranging in a new order or layout.

Noun

reassortment (countable and uncountable, plural reassortments)

  1. The act or result of arranging in a new order or layout.
  2. The mixing of genetic material of two competing viruses infecting the same cell.

Forms of reassortment

pluralreassortments
alternative formre-assortment

Origin of reassortment

From re- + assortment.

Questions about reassortment

What does reassortment mean?
Reassortment means the act or result of arranging in a new order or layout.
What part of speech is reassortment?
Reassortment is a noun.
What is the plural of reassortment?
The plural of reassortment is reassortments.

Words near reassortment in the dictionary

  1. reassortants
  2. reassortation
  3. reassortations
  4. reassorted
  5. reassorting
  6. reassortment
  7. reassortments
  8. reassorts
  9. reassume
  10. reassumed
  11. reassumes

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