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mirna

mirna noun: microRNA.

Noun (1)

mirna (plural mirnas)

  1. microRNA

Noun (2) capitalized: miRNA

miRNA (plural miRNAs)

  1. A microRNA.
    • There are ~80 genes in the C elegans genome coding for miRNAs that are twenty-one to twenty-four nucleotides long.2007, Benjamin Lewin, Genes IX, →ISBN, page 343
    • MicroRNAs (miRNAs) finely regulate gene expression and play an important role in various cellular processes, including cell growth, differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis.2010, Dimond, Patricia F., "miRNAs' Therapeutic Potential" (original copy), Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, vol. 30, no. 6, page 1

Forms of mirna

pluralmirnas
pluralmiRNAs

Plural of mirna: mirnas

Origin of mirna

From microRNA. The seminal article on microRNAs did not introduce the abbreviation miRNA nor the term microRNA, but rather referred to the entities as small RNAs.

Words formed from mirna

Questions about mirna

What does mirna mean?
Mirna means microRNA.
What part of speech is mirna?
Mirna is a noun.
What is the plural of mirna?
The plural of mirna is mirnas.

Words near mirna in the dictionary

  1. mirmillo
  2. mirmillones
  3. mirmillos
  4. mirmimic
  5. mirmimics
  6. mirna
  7. mirnaome
  8. mirnaomes
  9. miRNAomic
  10. miRNAomics
  11. mirnas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mirna (page history and authors); miRNA (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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