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introns

introns is the plural of intron.

Meaning of intron

Noun

intron (plural introns)

  1. A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
    • It is a medium-sized gene, then, interrupted by five longish introns.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 138

Questions about introns

What is introns the plural of?
Introns is the plural of intron.

Words near introns in the dictionary

  1. intronize
  2. intronized
  3. intronizes
  4. intronizing
  5. intronless
  6. introns
  7. intropression
  8. intropressions
  9. introprusside
  10. intropunitive
  11. intropunitively

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