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operons

operons is the plural of operon.

Meaning of operon

Noun

operon (plural operons)

  1. A unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and structural genes that are transcribed together.

Questions about operons

What is operons the plural of?
Operons is the plural of operon.

Words near operons in the dictionary

  1. operidine
  2. operon
  3. operonic
  4. operonically
  5. operonization
  6. operons
  7. operose
  8. operosely
  9. operoseness
  10. operosity
  11. operous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: operons (page history and authors); operon (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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