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hexanucleotide

hexanucleotide noun: a codon containing six nucleotides.

Noun

hexanucleotide (plural hexanucleotides)

  1. a codon containing six nucleotides

Forms of hexanucleotide

pluralhexanucleotides

Origin of hexanucleotide

From hexa- + nucleotide.

Questions about hexanucleotide

What does hexanucleotide mean?
Hexanucleotide means a codon containing six nucleotides.
What part of speech is hexanucleotide?
Hexanucleotide is a noun.
What is the plural of hexanucleotide?
The plural of hexanucleotide is hexanucleotides.

Words near hexanucleotide in the dictionary

  1. hexanoyl
  2. hexanoylglycine
  3. hexanoyls
  4. hexanuclear
  5. hexanuclearity
  6. hexanucleotide
  7. hexanucleotides
  8. hexaoctahedra
  9. hexaoctahedron
  10. hexaoctahedrons
  11. hexaol

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