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recombinant

Pronunciation: /rɪˈkɒmbɪnənt/

Genetics
Definition of recombinant

adjective

[attributive]
  • relating to or denoting an organism, cell, or genetic material formed by recombination: the DNA of these recombinant viruses revealed no signs of instability

noun

  • a recombinant organism, cell, or piece of genetic material.

recombinant in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of recombinant in the US English dictionary