"exon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: exons [plural]
Etymology: Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|exempt}} French exempt Head templates: {{en-noun}} exon (plural exons)
  1. An officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
    Sense id: en-exon-en-noun-~zua-bsl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 72 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛksɑn/ [General-American] Forms: exons [plural]
Etymology: Combination of the prefix ex of the term expressed (region) and the term intron. Head templates: {{en-noun}} exon (plural exons)
  1. (genetics) A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule. Categories (topical): Genetics Coordinate_terms: intron Translations (region of a gene): 外顯子 (Chinese Mandarin), 外显子 (wàixiǎnzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), exon [masculine] (French), exon (Hungarian), táknröð [feminine] (Icelandic), esone (Italian), 엑손 (ekson) (Korean), éxon [masculine] (Portuguese), exão [masculine] (Portuguese), exón [masculine] (Spanish), exon [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-exon-en-noun-0NQNipR4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Derived forms: exome, exonal, exon capture, exonic, exonization, exon shuffling, exon trapping, exonull, intraexon, miniexon, multiexon, pseudoexon
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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