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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Weird Word Wednesday

encapsidate
VERB

Biochemistry
Enclose (a gene or virus particle) in a protein shell.
‘each piece of dsRNA is encapsidated separately’
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Origin
1980s: from en- + capsid + -ate.
Pronunciation

encapsidate/ɪnˈkapsɪdeɪt//ɛnˈkapsɪdeɪt/

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