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pseudopalindrome

pseudopalindrome noun: a word or sequence of words that almost reads the same forwards and backwards.

Noun

pseudopalindrome (plural pseudopalindromes)

  1. A word or sequence of words that almost reads the same forwards and backwards.
    • "Good dog" is an unambitious pseudopalindrome.
  2. A stretch of DNA, consisting of an odd number of base pairs, of which the nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand except for the central nucleotide, which is necessarily different.
    • ACAGTGT and TGTCACA are a based pair of pseudopalindromes.

Forms of pseudopalindrome

pluralpseudopalindromes
alternative formpseudo-palindrome

Origin of pseudopalindrome

Equivalent to pseudo- + palindrome.

Words formed from pseudopalindrome

Questions about pseudopalindrome

What does pseudopalindrome mean?
Pseudopalindrome means a word or sequence of words that almost reads the same forwards and backwards.
What part of speech is pseudopalindrome?
Pseudopalindrome is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudopalindrome?
The plural of pseudopalindrome is pseudopalindromes.

Words near pseudopalindrome in the dictionary

  1. pseudoorthorhombic
  2. pseudopalate
  3. pseudopalates
  4. pseudopalatine
  5. pseudopalatines
  6. pseudopalindrome
  7. pseudopalindromes
  8. pseudopalindromic
  9. pseudopalisade
  10. pseudopalisades
  11. pseudopalisading

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