"retrotransfer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: retrotransfers [plural]
Etymology: retro- + transfer Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|retro|transfer}} retro- + transfer Head templates: {{en-noun}} retrotransfer (plural retrotransfers)
  1. A transfer back
    Sense id: en-retrotransfer-en-noun-33mdYd87

Verb

Forms: retrotransfers [present, singular, third-person], retrotransferring [participle, present], retrotransferred [participle, past], retrotransferred [past]
Etymology: retro- + transfer Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|retro|transfer}} retro- + transfer Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} retrotransfer (third-person singular simple present retrotransfers, present participle retrotransferring, simple past and past participle retrotransferred)
  1. To transfer in a reverse direction, typically of genetic material
    Sense id: en-retrotransfer-en-verb-qrPCWG6j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with retro- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with retro-: 15 85

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for retrotransfer meaning in English (1.7kB)

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