Lysogenicity

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lysogenicity
       n : the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a
           phage into its own genetic material; "when a phage
           infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be
           incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny"
           [syn: {lysogeny}]