dysgonic

English

Etymology

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Adjective

dysgonic (not comparable)

  1. (biology, of a bacterial culture) Growing or seeding slowly or badly.
    Antonym: eugonic
    • 1952, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, volume 96, page 217:
      Dysgonic strains cultivated in liquid media with fatty acids do not, however, grow as fast as eugonic strains.
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