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missplice

missplice verb: to incorrectly splice (typically of nucleic acid strands).

Verb

missplice (third-person singular simple present missplices, present participle missplicing, simple past and past participle misspliced)

  1. To incorrectly splice (typically of nucleic acid strands)

Forms of missplice

third-person singular presentmissplices
present participlemissplicing
past participlemisspliced
pastmisspliced

Origin of missplice

From mis- + splice.

Questions about missplice

What does missplice mean?
Missplice means to incorrectly splice (typically of nucleic acid strands).
What part of speech is missplice?
Missplice is a verb.
What is the past tense of missplice?
The past tense of missplice is misspliced.

Words near missplice in the dictionary

  1. misspent
  2. misspin
  3. misspinning
  4. misspins
  5. misspit
  6. missplice
  7. misspliced
  8. missplices
  9. missplicing
  10. missplit
  11. missplits

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