cleavability

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noun

Quality or degree of being cleavable.

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Meanings

nouncleavability (countable and uncountable, plural cleavabilities)

plural cleavabilities

  1. countableuncountableQuality or degree of being cleavable.

    However, increasing the virulence of rNDV by increasing cleavability of the F protein lead^([sic]) to a significant improvement of oncolytic activity of recombinant NDV.

    2015, Pascal Buijs et al., “Recombinant Immunomodulating Lentogenic or Mesogenic Oncolytic Newcastle Disease Virus for Treatment of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma”, in Viruses, volume 7, →DOI

Origin

From cleave + -ability.

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APA

cleavability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleavability

MLA

“cleavability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleavability. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cleavability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleavability.

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