transfect

[ trans-fekt ]
/ trænsˈfɛkt /

verb (used with object) Microbiology.

to cause transfection in (a cell).

Origin of transfect

First recorded in 1964; trans- + (in)fect

British Dictionary definitions for transfect

transfect
/ (trænsˈfɛkt) /

verb

(tr) to bring about transfection in

Word Origin for transfect

from trans- + ( in) fect