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precleavage

precleavage adjective: prior to cleavage (of DNA &c).

Adjective

precleavage (not comparable)

  1. Prior to cleavage (of DNA &c)

Origin of precleavage

From pre- + cleavage.

Questions about precleavage

What does precleavage mean?
Precleavage means prior to cleavage (of DNA &c).
What part of speech is precleavage?
Precleavage is an adjective.

Words near precleavage in the dictionary

  1. preclearance
  2. preclearances
  3. precleared
  4. preclearing
  5. preclears
  6. precleavage
  7. precleaved
  8. preclerical
  9. preclimacteric
  10. preclimacterics
  11. preclimactic

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