recombinant

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

recombinant (not comparable)

  1. Formed by a new combination of existing elements.
  2. (genetics) Formed by genetic recombination.
    • 1988 December 11, Chris Bull, “Get Ready For The 5-Minute HIV Test”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 1:
      The new HIV test is the first test designed for widespread application that uses recombinant technology to test for highly specific HIV antibodies.

Derived terms

Noun

recombinant (plural recombinants)

  1. (genetics) An organism, cell, or haplotype formed by genetic recombination.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɑ̃/

Adjective

recombinant (feminine recombinante, masculine plural recombinants, feminine plural recombinantes)

  1. recombinant

Further reading

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.