subpassagingn.
/ˈsʌbpasɪdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsəbpæsɪdʒɪŋ/ Chiefly Microbiology.
The action of performing a subpassage; an instance of this.
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1922 Bull. Agric. Res. Inst. Pusa 129 3 The questions to be investigated are..if continual subpassaging of the rinderpest virus from buffalo to buffalo results in loss of virulence.
1931 Jrnl. Hygiene 31 529 It will be found that, in the course of such subpassaging, the incubation period consistently shortens.
1970 Nature 12 Dec. 1061/1 In calorically restricted mice the number of hosts that developed maximal infections and the intensity of the parasitaemia are increased by subpassaging.
2001 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 4055/1 These cultures remained healthy and stably infected upon subpassaging.
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n.1922- side drawing
- side dress
- side dressed
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- side dressing
- side drift
- side drum
- side effect
- side elevation
- side entrance
- side entry
- side eye
- side file
- side fillister
- side fin
- side for side
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- side frequency
- side front
- side gallery
- side gate
- side glance
- side glass
- side glimpse
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