"retrotranscribe" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: retrotranscribes [present, singular, third-person], retrotranscribing [participle, present], retrotranscribed [participle, past], retrotranscribed [past]
Etymology: retro- + transcribe Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|retro|transcribe}} retro- + transcribe Head templates: {{en-verb}} retrotranscribe (third-person singular simple present retrotranscribes, present participle retrotranscribing, simple past and past participle retrotranscribed)
  1. (genetics) To transcribe RNA to DNA. Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-retrotranscribe-en-verb-gLwD~8cM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with retro- Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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