lysogeny

[ lahy-soj-uh-nee ]
/ laɪˈsɒdʒ ə ni /

noun Microbiology.

the state of being lysogenic.

Origin of lysogeny

First recorded in 1955–60; lyso(genic) + -geny

Words nearby lysogeny

lysogenesis, lysogenic, lysogenic bacterium, lysogenicity, lysogenize, lysogeny, lysokinase, lysol, lysosomal disease, lysosome, lysozyme

British Dictionary definitions for lysogeny

lysogeny
/ (laɪˈsɒdʒənɪ) /

noun

the biological process in which a bacterium is infected by a bacteriophage that integrates its DNA into that of the host such that the host is not destroyed

Derived forms of lysogeny

lysogenic (ˌlaɪsəʊˈdʒɛnɪk), adjective

Medical definitions for lysogeny

lysogeny
[ lī-sŏj′ə-nē ]

n.

The fusion of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage with that of a host bacterium so that the potential exists for the newly integrated genetic material to be transmitted to daughter cells at each subsequent cell division.