LYSOGENY — 8 letter word
lysogeny
The word lysogeny has 8 letters: L, Y, S, O, G, E, N, Y. It contains 2 vowels and 6 consonants. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. As a noun, it means "the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material".
8 letter word "lysogeny": L Y S O G E N Y — noun
Scrabble score: 15 Words With Friends score: 16
Letter analysis of lysogeny
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| L | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| Y | 2 | Consonant | 4 |
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| G | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
2 vowels, 6 consonants, 7 unique letters
Definition of lysogeny
noun
- the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny" Synonyms: lysogenicity
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