逆ぎゃく性せい

prefix, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

inverse; reverse; retro-; contra-

Technical prefix or adjectival noun used in scientific and medical compounds to indicate an opposite or reversed property, such as 逆性石鹸 (invert soap) or 逆性転写酵素 (reverse transcriptase). Not a free-standing word.

• 逆ぎゃく性せい石せっ鹸けんは殺さっ菌きん作さ用ようがある。

  Invert soap has a bactericidal effect.

• 逆ぎゃく性せい転てん写しゃ酵こう素そはウイルスの増ぞう殖しょくに関かかわる。

  Reverse transcriptase is involved in viral replication.