nonreplicating

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ replicating.

Adjective

nonreplicating (not comparable)

1. (biology) Failing to replicate; incapable of replicating.

   Near-synonym: attenuated

   the live nonreplicating type of vaccines

   • 2008, Ramandeep Singh et al., “PA-824 Kills Nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Intracellular NO Release”, in Science‎^[1], volume 322, number 5906:

     These molecules are active not only against actively replicating bacteria, but also against bacteria that are nonreplicating by virtue of hypoxia (4).