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transduce

 
Dictionary: trans·duce   (trăns-dūs', -dyūs', trănz-) pronunciation
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tr.v., -duced, -duc·ing, -duc·es.
  1. To convert (energy) from one form to another.
  2. To transfer (genetic material or characteristics) from one bacterial cell to another. Used of a bacteriophage or plasmid.

[Back-formation from TRANSDUCER.]


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(trăns-dūs', -dyūs', trănz-)
v., -duced, -duc·ing, -duc·es.
  1. To convert energy from one form to another.
  2. To transfer genetic material or characteristics from one bacterial cell to another. Used of a bacteriophage or plasmid.
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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: cause transduction; as of energy forms

 
 

 

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