obligate /ob·li·gate/ (ob´lĭ-gāt) pertaining to or characterized by the ability to survive only in a particular environment or to assume only a particular role, as an obligate anaerobe.
obligate
obligate [ob´lĭ-gāt]
obligate
ob·li·gate ( b l -gt, -g t )adj. Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role. |
obligate
[ob′ligit, -gāt]
Etymology: L, obligare, to bind
characterized by the ability to survive only in a particular set of environmental conditions, such as an obligate parasite, which can survive only within the host organism. Compare facultative.
obligate [ob´lĭ-gāt]
not facultative; necessary; compulsory; pertaining to or characterized by the ability to survive only in a particular environment or to assume only a particular role, as an obligate anaerobe.
obligate
necessary, essential.
obligate accumulators
see accumulator plants.
obligate carrier
the subject is always available as a carrier of the infection.
obligate
adjective Necessarily; without alternative
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