American English pronunciation
How to pronounce gens
IPA transcription: ['dʒɛnz]
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Noun
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family based on male descent
“he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name”
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informal term for information
“give me the gen on your new line of computers”
Usage examples
- In this scenario, the daughter bacteria cells contain prophage and are known as lysogens.
- This explains the choice of St. Erhard of Regensburg as patron saint of the church.
- The surname does not appear on any coins of the gens.
- In neuroscience, co-expression of cell surface and intracellular antigens can also be analyzed.
- Weiss and Fagenson were childhood friends who grew up together in suburban Detroit.
- Some pathogens exploit this process to invade the nervous system.
- The city lies on the Regen River, which joins the Danube at Regensburg.
- They are found in various environments, and the group includes some notable pathogens.
- The immune system must recognize millions of potential antigens.
- Wittgenstein argued that for some terms this is not the case.