"mRNA" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mRNAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s}} mRNA (countable and uncountable, plural mRNAs)
  1. (uncountable, biochemistry) Initialism of messenger RNA. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: messenger RNA Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-mRNA-en-noun-LqtgnBAe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (countable, biochemistry) A strand of messenger RNA. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-mRNA-en-noun-I5NwXxo3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mrna Related terms: mDNA Translations (messenger RNA): ARNm [masculine] (Catalan), ARNm (French), ი-რნმ (i-rnm) (Georgian), მ-რნმ (m-rnm) (Georgian), mRNA [feminine] (German), mRNS (Hungarian), mRNA (Italian), ARNm (Portuguese), ARNm [masculine] (Romanian), ARNm [masculine] (Spanish), mRNA (Swedish), budbärar-RNA [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'messenger RNA': 52 48

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