"intron" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪntɹɒn/ [UK] Forms: introns [plural]
Etymology: From intragenic region. Head templates: {{en-noun}} intron (plural introns)
  1. (genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded. Wikipedia link: intron Categories (topical): Genetics Derived forms: intronic, intronization, intronless Coordinate_terms: exon, extron Translations (genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing): 内含子 (nèihánzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), intron (French), intron (Hungarian), innröð [feminine] (Icelandic), introne (Italian), អន្តោរាណូ (ɑɑntaorɔn) (Khmer), íntron (Portuguese), интро́н (intrón) [masculine] (Russian), intrón (Spanish), intron (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        "A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded."
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        "(genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nèihánzǐ",
          "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
          "word": "内含子"
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          "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
          "word": "intron"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "innröð"
        },
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          "word": "introne"
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          "word": "íntron"
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          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nèihánzǐ",
      "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
      "word": "内含子"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
      "word": "intron"
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      "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
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    },
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      "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "innröð"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
      "word": "introne"
    },
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ɑɑntaorɔn",
      "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
      "word": "អន្តោរាណូ"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
      "word": "íntron"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "intrón",
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      ],
      "word": "интро́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
      "word": "intrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing",
      "word": "intron"
    }
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}

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