transfect

transfect [trans-fekt] Word Origin verb (used with object) Microbiology.

1. to cause transfection in (a cell).

Origin of transfect First recorded in 1964; trans- + (in)fect British Dictionary definitions for transfect transfect verb

1. (tr) to bring about transfection in

Word Origin for transfect from trans- + (in) fect