See Also: decerebrate state(medicine)
decerebrate(dictionary)
decerebrate(medicine)
decerebrate reflex(medicine)
decerebrate rigidity(medicine)
state-of-the-art(dictionary)
state(2)(dictionary)
state(encyclopedia)
Mon State(tourism)
out-of-state(dictionary)

lysogenic (iou) and decerebrate state (medicine)


lysogenic (iou)



lysogenic adjective. L19.
[from LYSO- + -GENIC.]
Biology. Of or pertaining to lysis; capable of producing or undergoing lysis; spec. (of a bacterium) capable, without being attacked by a phage, of lysing and liberating a phage normally integrated with the bacterial genome.
lysogenicity noun = lysogeny M20.
lysogeni'zation noun the process of lysogenizing a bacterium M20.
ly'sogenize verb trans. (of a phage) become stably integrated into the genome of (a bacterium) M20.
ly'sogeny noun the property of being lysogenic; the lysis of a lysogenic bacterium with the subsequent release of phage: M20.

decerebrate state (medicine)


decerebrate state


A peculiar neurologic condition elicited in vertebrates as a consequence of the elimination of brain function by transecting the brainstem or interrupting function by Other techniques. Clinically, brain damage can result in neurological signs resembling those of a decerebrate animal. The state consists of exaggerated postures, grossly abnormal reflexes, convulsions, and extreme muscular rigidity and spasticity.