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transfected

transfected is the simple past and past participle of transfect.

Meaning of transfect

Verb

transfect (third-person singular simple present transfects, present participle transfecting, simple past and past participle transfected)

  1. To introduce foreign material into eukaryotic cells.
    • physical means have been developed to transfect DNA into cells2000, Harvey I. Pass, Lung cancer: principles and practice, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 43

Adjective

transfected (not comparable)

  1. Infected with nucleic acid

Words formed from transfected

Questions about transfected

What does transfected mean?
Transfected means infected with nucleic acid.
What is transfected the simple past and past participle of?
Transfected is the simple past and past participle of transfect.
What part of speech is transfected?
Transfected is an adjective.

Words near transfected in the dictionary

  1. transfectability
  2. transfectable
  3. transfectamine
  4. transfectant
  5. transfectants
  6. transfected
  7. transfectibility
  8. transfecting
  9. transfection
  10. transfectional
  11. transfectionally

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