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epi·some

n :  a genetic determinant (as the DNA of some bacteriophages) that can replicate either autonomously in bacterial cytoplasm or as an integral part of their chromosomes - compare PLASMID  epi*som*al adj epi*som*al*ly adv 
 
   

 
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