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extragenic

extragenic adjective: occurring outside of a gene, or as a result of a different gene.

Adjective

extragenic (not comparable)

  1. Occurring outside of a gene, or as a result of a different gene.

Origin of extragenic

From extra- + genic.

Questions about extragenic

What does extragenic mean?
Extragenic means occurring outside of a gene, or as a result of a different gene.
What part of speech is extragenic?
Extragenic is an adjective.

Words near extragenic in the dictionary

  1. extragemmal
  2. extrageneous
  3. extragenerational
  4. extrageneric
  5. extragenetic
  6. extragenic
  7. extragenically
  8. extrageniculate
  9. extrageniculostriate
  10. extragenital
  11. extragenitally

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