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retropose

retropose verb: to displace backwards.

Verb

retropose (third-person singular simple present retroposes, present participle retroposing, simple past and past participle retroposed)

  1. To displace backwards
  2. To insert into a chromosome following reverse transcription

Forms of retropose

third-person singular presentretroposes
present participleretroposing
past participleretroposed
pastretroposed

Words formed from retropose

Questions about retropose

What does retropose mean?
Retropose means to displace backwards.
What part of speech is retropose?
Retropose is a verb.
What is the past tense of retropose?
The past tense of retropose is retroposed.

Words near retropose in the dictionary

  1. retroplenial
  2. retroplumid
  3. retroplumids
  4. retropneumoperitoneum
  5. retroposable
  6. retropose
  7. retroposed
  8. retroposes
  9. retroposing
  10. retroposition
  11. retropositional

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