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gymnosis

gymnosis noun: the delivery of single-stranded antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to cells in the absence of transfection.

Noun

gymnosis (uncountable)

  1. The delivery of single-stranded antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to cells in the absence of transfection

Origin of gymnosis

From gymno- + -osis in the sense of "process that happens nakedly (i.e. without transfectants)".

Questions about gymnosis

What does gymnosis mean?
Gymnosis means the delivery of single-stranded antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to cells in the absence of transfection.
What part of speech is gymnosis?
Gymnosis is a noun.

Words near gymnosis in the dictionary

  1. gymnophytes
  2. gymnoplast
  3. gymnoplasts
  4. gymnopoid
  5. gymnopædic
  6. gymnosis
  7. gymnosomatous
  8. gymnosome
  9. gymnosomes
  10. gymnosoph
  11. gymnosophic

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