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"etymology_text": ": Coined in 1985 by Elias James Corey from retro-synthon (Elias James Corey, Alan K. Long, Stewart D. Rubenstein, “Computer-assisted analysis in organic synthesis”, Science, 1985, 228(4698), p. 408-418 doi 10.1126/science.3838594).",
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"A sequence of DNA associated with reverse transcription"
],
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"masculine"
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"word": "rétron"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "retron"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "reteuron",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "레트론"
},
{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
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"masculine"
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"word": "retron"
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "retrón"
}
],
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}
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{
"etymology_text": ": Coined in 1985 by Elias James Corey from retro-synthon (Elias James Corey, Alan K. Long, Stewart D. Rubenstein, “Computer-assisted analysis in organic synthesis”, Science, 1985, 228(4698), p. 408-418 doi 10.1126/science.3838594).",
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"DNA"
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{
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