induce \induce"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. induced; p. pr.  vb.
   n. inducing. l. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere
   to lead. see duke, and cf. induct.
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   1. to lead in; to introduce. obs.
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            the poet may be seen inducing his personages in the
            first iliad.                          --pope.
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   2. to draw on; to overspread. a latinism --cowper.
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   3. to lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to
      persuade; to move by persuasion or influence. --shak.
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            he is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . .
            though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon,
            tempted.                              --paley.
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            let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce
            you to ruin your reputation.          --dryden.
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   4. to bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by
      fatigue or exposure; anaphylactic shock induced by
      exposure to a allergen.
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            sour things induces a contraction in the nerves.
                                                  --bacon.
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   5. physics to produce, or cause, by proximity without
      contact or transmission, as a particular electric or
      magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another
      body in an opposite electric or magnetic state.
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   6. logic to generalize or conclude as an inference from all
      the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.

   7. genetics, biochemistry to cause the expression of a
      gene or gene product by affecting a transcription control
      element on the genome, either by inhibiting a negative
      control or by activating a positive control; to derepress;
      as, lactose induces the production of beta-galactosidase
      in eschericia coli..
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   syn: to move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press;
        influence; actuate.
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see also:
induced inducing duke induct deduce eschericia coli 

isolate \i"solate\ imac"s-ol=at or imacs"-ol=at;
   277, v. t. imp.  p. p. isolated
   imac"s-ol=a`te^d; p. pr.  vb. n. isolating
   imac"s-ol=a`ti^ng. it. isolato, p. p. of isolare
   to isolate, fr. isola island, l. insula. see 2d isle, and
   cf. insulate.
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   1. to place in a detached situation; to place by itself or
      alone; to insulate; to separate from others; as, to
      isolate an infected person from others; to isolate the
      troublemakers in a classroom.
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            short isolated sentences were the mode in which
            ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts.
                                                  --bp.
                                                  warburton.
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   2. elec. to insulate. see insulate.
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   3. chem. to separate a substance from all foreign
      substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state; as,
      to isolate the desired product from a reaction mixture.
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   4. microbiol. to obtain a culture of a microorganism in
      pure form from a complex mixture; as, to isolate
      eschericia coli from a patient's blood.
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see also:
isolated isolating isle insulate eschericia coli 

bacteriophage \bacteriophage\ n. sing.  pl.
   a virus which infects bacteria; -- also colloquially called
   phage in laboratory jargon.

   note: bacteriophages are of many varieties, generally
         specific for one or a narrow range of bacterial
         species, and almost every bacterium is susceptible to
         at least one bacteriophage. they may have dna or rna as
         their genetic component. certain types of
         bacteriophage, called

   temperate bacteriophage, may infect but not kill their host
      bacteria, residing in and replicating either as a plasmid
      or integrated into the host genome. under certain
      conditions, a resident temperate phage may become induced
      to multiply rapidly and vegetatively, killing and lysing
      its host bacterium, and producing multiple progeny. the
      lambda phage of eschericia coli, much studied in
      biochemical and genetic research, is of the temperate
      type.
      pjc bacteriophagic
see also:
phage temperate bacteriophage lambda phage eschericia coli