lysogeny

== English == === Etymology === From lyso- +‎ -geny. === Noun === lysogeny (countable and uncountable, plural lysogenies) The incorporation of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage into that of a host bacterium; sometimes transmitted to daughter cells following lysis ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== lysogenesis lysogenetic lysogenic lytic ==== Translations ====