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transinfection

transinfection noun: the infection of one host with a bacterium or virus taken from another, often using microinjection, in order to study the different roles of host and infected species.

Noun

transinfection (plural transinfections)

  1. The infection of one host with a bacterium or virus taken from another, often using microinjection, in order to study the different roles of host and infected species

Forms of transinfection

pluraltransinfections

Origin of transinfection

From trans- + infection.

Questions about transinfection

What does transinfection mean?
Transinfection means the infection of one host with a bacterium or virus taken from another, often using microinjection, in order to study the different roles of host and infected species.
What part of speech is transinfection?
Transinfection is a noun.
What is the plural of transinfection?
The plural of transinfection is transinfections.

Words near transinfection in the dictionary

  1. transindividuality
  2. transindividually
  3. transindividuation
  4. transindividuations
  5. transinfected
  6. transinfection
  7. transinfections
  8. transinformation
  9. transing
  10. transing someone's gender
  11. transing the gay away

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