recombinant

English

Adjective

recombinant (not comparable)

1. Formed by a new combination of existing elements.
2. (genetics) Formed by genetic recombination.

Derived terms

• RAC
• rBGH
• rBST
• rDNA
• recombinant DNA
• recombinantly
• recombinase
• rFSH
• rGH
• rhGH
• rhIGF-1
• rLH
• rPRL
• rtPA
• rTSH

 

Noun

recombinant (plural recombinants)

1. (genetics) An organism, cell, or haplotype formed by genetic recombination.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɑ̃/

Adjective

recombinant (feminine recombinante, masculine plural recombinants, feminine plural recombinantes)

1. recombinant

Further reading

• “recombinant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.