recombine

verb — 2 senses

recombine

verb

Etymology From re- + combine.

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences Ambitransitive To combine again, especially to reassemble the parts of something previously taken apart in a different manner.

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences To undergo recombination.

Derived terms: recombinase, recombinator, recombiner, recombinogenic

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Conjugation of “recombine”, all tenses