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substrain

substrain noun: a subset of a strain, especially one derived from a single cell.

Noun

substrain (plural substrains)

  1. A subset of a strain, especially one derived from a single cell

Forms of substrain

pluralsubstrains

Origin of substrain

From sub- + strain.

Questions about substrain

What does substrain mean?
Substrain means a subset of a strain, especially one derived from a single cell.
What part of speech is substrain?
Substrain is a noun.
What is the plural of substrain?
The plural of substrain is substrains.

Words near substrain in the dictionary

  1. substracting
  2. substraction
  3. substractions
  4. substractive
  5. substracts
  6. substrain
  7. substrains
  8. substrata
  9. substratal
  10. substrate
  11. substrated

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