obligate (redirected from obligately)

obligate /ob·li·gate/ (ob´li-gat) 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.

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ob·li·gate (bl-gt, -gt)

adj.

Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.

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obligate

necessary, essential.

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obligate accumulators

see accumulator plants.

obligate carrier

the subject is always available as a carrier of the infection.