"transfection" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /tɹænzˈfɛkʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transfection.wav Forms: transfections [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Etymology: Blend of trans- + infection Etymology templates: {{blend|en|trans-|infection}} Blend of trans- + infection Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} transfection (countable and uncountable, plural transfections)
  1. (molecular biology) The introduction of foreign genetic material (such as DNA or RNA) into a eukaryotic cell. Wikipedia link: transfection Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: transfectant, transfective Translations (introduction of foreign DNA into a eukaryotic cell): transfection (French), transfección [feminine] (Galician), Transfektion [feminine] (German), επιμόλυνση (epimólynsi) (Greek), διαμόλυνση (diamólynsi) (Greek), 트랜스펙션 (teuraenseupeksyeon) (Korean), transfekcija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)

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