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mispaired

mispaired adjective: describing a chain of nucleic acid containing nucleotides that are not complementary to those in the corresponding position of the other chain.

Adjective

mispaired (comparative more mispaired, superlative most mispaired)

  1. Describing a chain of nucleic acid containing nucleotides that are not complementary to those in the corresponding position of the other chain.

Forms of mispaired

comparativemore mispaired
superlativemost mispaired

Origin of mispaired

From mis- + paired.

Questions about mispaired

What does mispaired mean?
Mispaired means describing a chain of nucleic acid containing nucleotides that are not complementary to those in the corresponding position of the other chain.
What part of speech is mispaired?
Mispaired is an adjective.

Words near mispaired in the dictionary

  1. mispaint
  2. mispainted
  3. mispainting
  4. mispaints
  5. mispair
  6. mispaired
  7. mispairing
  8. mispairings
  9. mispairs
  10. misparaphrase
  11. misparaphrased

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