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antitermination

antitermination noun: a mechanism that prevents premature termination of DNA transcription.

Noun

antitermination (uncountable)

  1. A mechanism that prevents premature termination of DNA transcription.

Origin of antitermination

From anti- + termination.

Questions about antitermination

What does antitermination mean?
Antitermination means a mechanism that prevents premature termination of DNA transcription.
What part of speech is antitermination?
Antitermination is a noun.

Words near antitermination in the dictionary

  1. antiteratogenic
  2. antiterminate
  3. antiterminated
  4. antiterminates
  5. antiterminating
  6. antitermination
  7. antiterminator
  8. antiterminators
  9. antitermite
  10. antitermitic
  11. antiterritorial

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