mesogenicadj.
/ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛzoʊˈdʒɛnɪk/; see also meso- comb. form. 1. Veterinary Medicine and Virology. Designating strains of Newcastle disease virus that replicate moderately rapidly and are moderately virulent; of, relating to, or consisting of such a strain. Cf. lentogenic adj.2, velogenic adj.
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1955 R. P. Hanson & C. A. Brandly in Science 22 July 156/3 The strains are typed according to their growth rate... The mesogenic, or intermediate, strains, which take 60 to 90 hr to kill, include a larger group of strains possessing low to high pathogenicity for chickens.
1974 Amer. Jrnl. Pathol. 76 333 Acute Newcastle disease virus infection following intranasal inoculation of chicks with a mesogenic strain of the virus produced a localized infection of the middle turbinate.
2008 D. J. Alexander & D. A. Senne in Y. M. Saif et al. Dis. Poultry (ed. 12) iii. 91/1 Mesogenic vaccines usually require inoculation by wing-web stabbing or intramuscular injection.
2. Physical Chemistry. Designating a compound or group that typically confers properties of a liquid crystal on compounds that incorporate it, such as in polymerization; of or relating to this attribute.
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1975 Progress Solid-state Chem. 10 104/2 Most mesogenic (liquid crystalline phase forming) compounds consist of an elongated, rigid central core to which flexible wing groups are appended on opposite ends.
1999 D. Dunmar & K. Toriyama in D. Demus et al. Physical Properties Liquid Crystals iii. 120 Often the chromophore in a liquid crystal is not the mesogen but a solute dye molecule, which may or may not be mesogenic itself.
2013 Inorganica Chimica Acta 394 152/1 Diruthenium tetracarboxylates..have received much attention recently for their interesting magnetic, electronic, mesogenic and biological properties.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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