What does episomally means in spanish?

Question

episomalmente? I know it comes from epithelium but I would like to know the name translated in spanish. Thank You.

It appears in a research paper about cervical cancer which talks about the effects of certain protein in the growth of cervical cancer, and that word appears and I would like to know the meaning since the paper I am writting is in spanish.

Sentence says:

HPV genome is maintanined episomally in the infected cervical epithelium........

Answer 1

Here is the best description I can find.

"An episome is a plasmid that can integrate itself into the chromosomal DNA of the host organism... In mammalian systems, the term episome refers to a circular DNA (such as a viral genome) that is maintained by noncovalent tethering to the host cell chromosome."

Basically it's extra-chromosomal (not part of the DNA), but it can be incorporated into the host DNA to be replicated and cause cancer. It's

Answer 2

I think you've got it right. Most scientific word or Greek of Latin translate readily into Spanish, but this is a word few people know in English or Spanish.

Answer 3

"Episomally" is not an english word - do you mean "episiotomy?"