lysogeny
NOUN
8 LETTERS · STARTS WITH L
lysogeny is a valid 8-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
L1Y4S1O1G2E1N1Y4
1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 4 =15 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45
MEANING
What does lysogeny mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
The condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material.
“when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny”
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