"operon" meaning in English

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          "word": "interoperon"
        },
        {
          "word": "intraoperon"
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          "word": "operonization"
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          "word": "suboperon"
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          "word": "superoperon"
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          "coordinated",
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          "operator",
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          "promoter",
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          "transcribe",
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          "word": "divergon"
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          "word": "regulon"
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