lysogenize

1. 1.

   become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium)

   Broaderintegrate

Other forms of lysogenize

past tense

lysogenized·

present participle

lysogenizing·

third person

lysogenizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lysogenize

What does lysogenize mean?

lysogenize means "become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium)".

How many syllables are in lysogenize?

lysogenize has 4 syllables: ly-so-ge-nize. The stress falls on "so".

Is lysogenize a common word?

lysogenize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.