"misreplicate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misreplicates [present, singular, third-person], misreplicating [participle, present], misreplicated [participle, past], misreplicated [past]
Etymology: mis- + replicate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|replicate}} mis- + replicate Head templates: {{en-verb}} misreplicate (third-person singular simple present misreplicates, present participle misreplicating, simple past and past participle misreplicated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, biochemistry, of DNA) To make an error during replication. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Biochemistry

Inflected forms

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