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lysogen

ly·so·gen [ lssəjən ] (plural ly·so·gens)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. virus-releasing bacterium: a bacterium that is capable of releasing a bacterium-destroying virus bacteriophage

2. antigen stimulating cell-destroying agents: an agent, particularly an antigen, that provokes the production of cell-destroying agents lysins by cells of the immune system

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