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protosplice

protosplice adjective: describing a site in a codon into which introns are first inserted.

Adjective

protosplice (not comparable)

  1. Describing a site in a codon into which introns are first inserted

Origin of protosplice

From proto- + splice.

Questions about protosplice

What does protosplice mean?
Protosplice means describing a site in a codon into which introns are first inserted.
What part of speech is protosplice?
Protosplice is an adjective.

Words near protosplice in the dictionary

  1. protospeech
  2. protosphere
  3. protospheres
  4. protospine
  5. protospines
  6. protosplice
  7. protosporangiid
  8. protosporangiids
  9. protospore
  10. protospores
  11. protostane

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