nonreplicating
adjEtymology From non- + replicating.
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Biology, Natural sciences Failing to replicate; incapable of replicating.
- Near-synonym: attenuated
- the live nonreplicating type of vaccines
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- These molecules are active not only against actively replicating bacteria, but also against bacteria that are nonreplicating by virtue of hypoxia (4).2008, Ramandeep Singh et al., “PA-824 Kills Nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Intracellular NO Release”, in Science, volume 322, number 5906: