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adjectivenonreplicating (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyFailing to replicate; incapable of replicating.
Near-synonym: attenuated
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the live nonreplicating type of vaccines
These molecules are active not only against actively replicating bacteria, but also against bacteria that are nonreplicating by virtue of hypoxia (4).
2008, Ramandeep Singh et al., “PA-824 Kills Nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Intracellular NO Release”, in Science, volume 322, number 5906Synonyms: attenuated
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adjectiveFailing to replicate; incapable of replicating.
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