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单词 host cell
释义

host cell

noun

plural host cells
: a living cell invaded by or capable of being invaded by an infectious agent (such as a bacterium or a virus)
This drug integrates with the virus in a way that prevents it from attaching to host cells, and prevents viral replication of cells already infected. Donald M. Kaminsky
Once the protozoan invades the host cell, it apparently is shielded from the action of any drug. Burton J. Bogitsh et al.

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

host cell

noun

: a living cell invaded by or capable of being invaded by an infectious agent (as a bacterium or a virus)
HIV makes Tat only after the virus gets inside a host cell. John Travis
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