| 释义 |
superinˈfect, v. Med.
[Back-formation from next.]
trans. a. To cause (an infected cell) to be further infected with an organism of a similar kind. b. Of a bacterium or virus: to infect (a cell that already contains organisms of a similar kind).
1954Jrnl. Bacteriol. LXVII. 696/1 Lysogenic cells were superinfected with phages. 1971Nature 23 Apr. 496/3 By superinfecting it with a mixture of cat leukaemia and sarcoma virus the defective human virus might be helped. 1980Internat. Jrnl. Radiation Biol. XXXVII. 120 When cells of E. coli are superinfected by phage λ, the phage DNA can appear in three distinct forms.
Hence superinˈfected, superinˈfecting ppl. adjs.
1954Jrnl. Bacteriol. LXVII. 698/2 The superinfected culture produces both the carried type and the super⁓infecting type of phage. 1961Virology XIV. 220 The genetic incorporation of the superinfecting P2 was studied by examining the progeny of the superinfected cells. 1976Path. Ann. XI. 259 Bacterial and, to a lesser extent, viral infections were also encountered in patients with multiple superinfecting organisms. 1981Virology CIX. 74/1 The same concentration of PAA was also applied to the superinfected Raji cells. |