nonreplicating

nonreplicating

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English non-
English replicating
English nonreplicating

    From non- + replicating.

    Adjective

    nonreplicating (not comparable)

    1. (biology) Failing to replicate; incapable of replicating.
      Near-synonym: attenuated
      the live nonreplicating type of vaccines
      • 2008, Ramandeep Singh et al., “PA-824 Kills Nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Intracellular NO Release”, in Science‎[1], volume 322, number 5906:
        These molecules are active not only against actively replicating bacteria, but also against bacteria that are nonreplicating by virtue of hypoxia (4).
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.