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viva(2)(dictionary)
viva(1)(dictionary)
viva-voce(dictionary)
viva voce(dictionary)
viva 1, noun(dictionary)
viva 2, interjection(dictionary)

viva voce (iou) and technology, recombinant DNA (medicine)


viva voce (iou)



viva voce adverbial, adjectival, & noun phr. M16.
[medieval Latin, lit. 'by or with the living voice'.]
A. adverbial phr.
Orally rather than in Writing. M16.
Aloud rather than silently. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
b. adjectival phr.
Expressed in speech rather than Writing, spoken, oral. E17.
Of an examination etc.: conducted orally; spec. designating a supplementary oral examination following the ordinary written examinations. E19.
C. noun phr. A viva voce examination. Freq. abbreviated to VIVA noun2. M19.

technology, recombinant DNA (medicine)


technology, recombinant DNA


A series of procedures used to join together (recombine) DNA segments. A recombinant DNA molecule is constructed (recombined) from segments from 2 or more different DNA molecules. Under certain conditions, a recombinant DNA molecule can enter a cell and replicate there, autonomously (on its own) or after it has become integrated into a chromosome.