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scarlessly

scarlessly adverb: without leaving a scar.

Adverb

scarlessly (not comparable)

  1. Without leaving a scar
    • A secondary recombination event was employed to expel the deletion construct with a customized commercial gBlock (IDT, San Jose, CA) comprised of the upstream/downstream sequences directly flanking the gene of interest, thereby scarlessly excising the gene of interest.2015 August 26, “CRP-Mediated Carbon Catabolite Regulation of Yersinia pestis Biofilm Formation Is Enhanced by the Carbon Storage Regulator Protein, CsrA”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of scarlessly

From scarless + -ly.

Questions about scarlessly

What does scarlessly mean?
Scarlessly means without leaving a scar.
What part of speech is scarlessly?
Scarlessly is an adverb.

Words near scarlessly in the dictionary

  1. scarlatinoid
  2. scarlatinous
  3. Scarlattian
  4. Scarlem
  5. scarless
  6. scarlessly
  7. scarlessness
  8. scarlet
  9. scarlet admiral
  10. scarlet admirals
  11. scarlet banana

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