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retroposing

retroposing is the present participle and gerund of retropose.

Meaning of retropose

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

Questions about retroposing

What is retroposing the present participle and gerund of?
Retroposing is the present participle and gerund of retropose.

Words near retroposing in the dictionary

  1. retropneumoperitoneum
  2. retroposable
  3. retropose
  4. retroposed
  5. retroposes
  6. retroposing
  7. retroposition
  8. retropositional
  9. retropositionally
  10. retropositioned
  11. retropositioning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retroposing (page history and authors); retropose (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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