"transfection" meaning in English

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          "word": "contransfection"
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          "word": "electrotransfection"
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        {
          "word": "lipotransfection"
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        {
          "word": "nucleotransfection"
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        {
          "word": "phototransfection"
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          "word": "postransfection"
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          "word": "retransfection"
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        "The introduction of foreign genetic material (such as DNA or RNA) into a eukaryotic cell."
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        "(molecular biology) The introduction of foreign genetic material (such as DNA or RNA) into a eukaryotic cell."
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          "sense": "introduction of foreign DNA into a eukaryotic cell",
          "word": "transfection"
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          "sense": "introduction of foreign DNA into a eukaryotic cell",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "transfección"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "introduction of foreign DNA into a eukaryotic cell",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Transfektion"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "epimólynsi",
          "sense": "introduction of foreign DNA into a eukaryotic cell",
          "word": "επιμόλυνση"
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          "sense": "introduction of foreign DNA into a eukaryotic cell",
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          "roman": "teuraenseupeksyeon",
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